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"Endless War Isn't Inevitable": House Votes to Stop Trump From Launching Unauthorized Attack on Iran

Progressives Vow to Stop 'Unconstitutional' War as Trump Paves Way to Attack Iran Without Approval From Congress

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"Once more for people in the back: Trump and Pompeo can't go to war without congressional approval," said Rep. Barbara Lee

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Trump Must Not Be Allowed to Use Gulf of Oman Incidents as 'Pretext for Illegal War With Iran': Bernie Sanders

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) delivers remarks at a campaign function in the Marvin Center at George Washington University on June 12, 2019 in Washington, D.C.

"The time is now for the United States to exert international leadership, and...

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Legal Expert Says 'Congress Must Repeal the AUMF' After Supreme Court Rejects Yemeni Man's Appeal for Release From Gitmo

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"The Supreme Court can no longer be trusted to enforce due process. If Congress...

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President Donald J. Trump, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and National Security Adviser Ambassador John Bolton, at the White House on Thursday, April 11, 2019.

No War With Iran, Say 62 Groups in Letter to Congress

A Guantanamo protest

At Historic Habeas Corpus Hearing, Guantanamo's 'Dangerous Experiment in Indefinite Detention' Challenged

Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.)

As Corker-Kaine AUMF Denounced as 'Recipe for Disaster,' Merkley Proposes Plan to Curb President's War Powers

Kaine

Trump Administration Pressured to Release Secret War Powers Memo

starving Yemeni child

Millions on Brink of Death in Yemen, But Members of Congress Can't Be Bothered

"If Congress can't even be bothered to vote on whether we should be in war," said Win Without War's Stephen Miles, "then we have no business sending young men and women to die fighting in it."

Endless War Continues as Senate Kills Effort to Repeal 2001 Authorization

Barbara Lee Slams Paul Ryan for Killing Endless War Repeal 'In Dead of Night'

After 16 Years, House Panel Takes Step to Cancel 'Blank Check for Endless War'

Gitmo 2.0: Draft Executive Order Reveals Trump Plan to Expand Offshore Prison

Thanks to Congress, Trump Will Have Nearly Unlimited Power to Wage War

In Attempt to Dodge Suit, White House Argues Funding War Makes War Legal

Thanks to U.S. Congress, Endless War Will... Not End

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Congresswoman Barbara Lee

Congresswoman Barbara Lee Applauds the House’s Historic Vote to Repeal the 2002 Iraq Authorization for the Use of Military Force

Peace Action

Peace Action: House Casts Historic Vote to Repeal Authorization for Endless War

Congresswoman Barbara Lee

Congresswoman Barbara Lee passes Defense Amendment That Would Repeal 2001 Endless War Authorization

Congresswoman Barbara Lee

Bipartisan Letter Urges President Trump to Consult With Congress on Military Action in Syria

Congresswoman Barbara Lee

Congresswoman Barbara Lee Statement on Corker-Kaine AUMF Proposal

Congresswoman Barbara Lee

Members of Congress Call for a Debate and Vote on Ongoing Wars

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Joseph Cirincione, Mary Kaszynski

The Path to War with Iran Is Paved With Sanctions

Christopher Anders

Senators Have a New Plan to Expand Indefinite Detention and Endless Global War

Renee Parsons

The Democratic Party’s War History and the AUMF of 2018

Kevin Gosztola

Senate Proposal To Constrain Trump’s War Making Would Actually Expand Perpetual War

William Cohn

Carnage Unleashed: DoD & AUMF

Christopher Anders

Don’t Let Congress Give Trump a Blank Check to Declare Worldwide War

Brett Max Kaufman

Why The U.S. War On ISIS Is Illegal

Azeezah Kanji

The Dangerous Hypocrisy of Celebrating Obama While Criminalizing Manning

Katrina vanden Heuvel

Trump’s Chaos is Covering for Stealth Escalation Overseas

Gabe Murphy

The Trump Administration’s Penchant for Escalation in Syria Must Be Challenged