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Four Republican lawmakers broke party lines Wednesday to pass a resolution curbing Donald Trump’s war powers in his military campaign in Iran.The four Republicans who joined Democrats were Representatives Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, Tom Barrett of Michigan, and Warren Davidson of Ohio.The measure to remove U.S. armed forces from hostilities with Iran passed in the House 215–208. As a concurrent resolution, the measure must be passed by both chambers of Congress. Democratic Senator John Fetterman, a staunch supporter of Israel, has single-handedly prevented previous versions of the measure from passing in the Senate, despite defections from three Republican senators.House Speaker Mike Johnson warned Wednesday that passing the measure could be “very dangerous” in light of the stalemate in negotiations. But if the Trump administration is to be believed, the war is over—so why should it matter? This story has been updated.

Joshua Scheer For decades, 60 Minutes stood as one of the last surviving institutions of broadcast journalism willing to challenge power, confront corruption and occasionally remind Americans what reporting looks like when it serves the public rather than corporate interests. Now, according to reports from both The New York Times and The Guardian, one of […]

“You can’t manipulate the courts to broom clean an illegitimate settlement,” says retired federal Judge Nancy Gertner.

Stripped of its institutional buffers, reorienting toward the UAE, and repeatedly targeted by Iran, Kuwait could be next to join the framework. The post Expanding the Abraham Accords is a pipe dream. Except, maybe, in Kuwait appeared first on +972 Magazine.

If you thought Donald Trump was obsessed with size before, you’ve got to see his latest chart comparing the freshly renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool with other, more phallic structures. Trump announced Wednesday that the final coat of protective seal on the Reflecting Pool would be applied that afternoon. “The water will start flowing, shortly, thereafter,” the president posted on Truth Social. Only time will tell if that actually happens. Speaking from the Oval Office shortly afterward, Trump whipped out a celebratory chart, which he’d previously posted on social media, to demonstrate just how big the Reflecting Pool is.The chart sized up the 2,030-foot-long pool against the 1,451-foot-high Sears Tower in Chicago, New York City’s 1,454-foot Empire State Building, and the 1,776-foot One World Trade Center, arguably completely incomparable structures to the president’s preposterous pet project. The chart was titled “Our Pool is Bigger Than Skyscrapers.”Crucially, Trump didn’t have anything to do with the actual construction of the pool, and he did nothing to increase its size. It seems he’s just trying to celebrate getting his hands on something so big and bringing it to completion.  But Trump’s wet and wild foray on the National Mall has left Americans high and dry. The company contracted for renovations, Atlantic Industrial Coatings, fleeced the federal government to the tune of $13.1 million, seven times the price Trump initially presented for the projects.

At Tuesday’s Senate hearing, Democratic senators questioned Mullin about the DHS budget and ICE’s continued abuses.

The Trump administration is floating tariffs of up to 12.5% on some 60 countries and the EU.