Lawmakers move to limit Trump’s war powers as Israel-Iran war escalates

Washington — Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are looking to limit President Trump’s ability to order U.S. strikes on Iran amid its ongoing war with Israel, emphasizing that only Congress has the power to declare war under the Constitution. “This is not our war,” GOP Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky said in a…

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Trump’s pardons cost victims and taxpayers $1.3 billion, House Judiciary Committee Democrats’ review says

President Trump’s flurry of recent presidential pardons has cost crime victims and taxpayers approximately $1.3 billion in restitution and payments, according to a review by House Judiciary Democrats. The pardons absolved hundreds of convicted criminals from having to pay for damages and restitution caused by their crimes. Victims have not been made whole, the Democrats…

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