City Councilmember Keith Powers has filed to run for Manhattan borough president. Powers' entrance into the race comes just days after current Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine announced his ...

President Donald Trump signed determinations under the 1950 Defense Production Act, which gives presidents sweeping emergency authority over domestic industry. President Donald Trump invoked the Cold ...

Washington — The Senate rejected another attempt to rein in President Trump's ability to use further military force against Iran on Wednesday, marking Democrats' fifth effort to do so since the war ...

A decades-old law allows the president to wage war without congressional approval for 60 days, then limits his options for continuing. President Trump may seek to get around it. By Robert Jimison ...

Senate Republicans voted largely in unison Wednesday to defeat a Democratic-sponsored war powers resolution that would prohibit President Trump from continuing military operations against Iran. It ...

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A preview of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. A post-Vietnam law puts a 60-day clock on the use of military force without ...