US House passes war powers resolution directing Trump to withdraw US military from Iran. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty ImagesHouse of RepresentativesUS House passes war powers resolution directing Trump to withdraw US military from IranResolution, which comes after similar one in June, is largely symbolic, as Trump administration says it’s unconstitutional.
The US House of Representatives on Thursday for the second time passed a war powers resolution directing Donald Trump to withdraw the US military from the conflict with Iran, amid renewed fighting in the Middle East that has driven oil prices to their highest levels in weeks.
Details
The resolution’s passage came a day after House Republicans advanced both a $95bn budget blueprint that will chiefly be spent on military needs related to the Iran war, and a $1.15tn defense spending bill.
The war powers resolution passed with bipartisan support in the House and the Senate, in a development tied to the same story.
Its passage comes after the House last month approved a similar resolution, which the Senate later approved in a significant bipartisan rebuke of the president’s decision to join Israel in attacking Iran in February.
He added that he planned on introducing legislation to compel Mike Johnson, the House speaker, to sue Trump to force his compliance with the resolutions.
President Trump threatened Iran and its Houthi allies in Yemen with "major military punishment" Thursday if the Houthis launch more attacks on Saudi vessels in the Red Sea.
"The joint American and Israeli military action against the genocidal regime in Teheran and Israel's crushing of Iran's terror axis have created the possibility to expand the circle of peace," Netanyahu said in the statement from his office on Thursday.
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/iran-war-us-trump-strait-hormuz-oil-prices-red-sea-houthis/#post-update-69c8474e link copied, in a development tied to the same story.
Separately, military surging dozens more medics to Germany base where forces wounded in Iran war are treated.
Statements
«Let me be clear: this body has already spoken. The war powers resolution passed with bipartisan support in the House and the Senate. The Trump administration was required to end its hostilities against Iran. It has not,»
Context
service members wounded amid operations against Iran are being flown out of the Middle East to the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, the largest American military hospital outside the U.S.
Fighting has meanwhile renewed in the Middle East, with Iran striking US military bases around the region in recent days amid retaliatory American airstrikes, according to the latest reporting on the story.
Available information indicates that The Trump administration was required to end its hostilities against Iran.
The resolutions are nonetheless largely symbolic, as the Trump administration has argued such measures are unconstitutional, in a development tied to the same story.
Available information indicates that military surging dozens more medics to Germany base where forces wounded in Iran war are treated.
Available information indicates that The resolutions are nonetheless largely symbolic, as the Trump administration has argued such measures are unconstitutional.
Separately, The Trump administration was required to end its hostilities against Iran.
Available information indicates that Fighting has meanwhile renewed in the Middle East, with Iran striking US military bases around the region in recent days amid retaliatory American airstrikes.
US President Donald Trump said Tehran would be held accountable for any future attacks by the Houthis in the Strait of Hormuz, warning of “major military punishment.”.
• Ongoing threats: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio described Trump’s Iran policy as “a head for an eye,” after Iran’s top diplomat Abbas Araghchi called Tehran’s defense doctrine “an eye for an eye.”.
• Fresh attacks: Iran fired four missiles toward Jordan, three of which were intercepted, the country’s military said, while Kuwait said Iranian forces launched a drone assault at a border crossing with Iraq.
Early reporting on US House passes war powers resolution directing Trump to withdraw US military from Iran focuses on the verified facts and the broader implications for the story.
Attention remains on US House passes war powers resolution directing Trump to withdraw US military from Iran as additional statements and updates are expected.
On the related details, Its passage comes after the House last month approved a similar resolution, which the Senate later approved in a significant bipartisan rebuke of the president’s decision to join Israel in attacking Iran in February, clarifying the wider picture around US House passes war powers resolution directing Trump to withdraw US military from Iran.
