News · 2 May 2026
Trump Claims War Powers Deadline Does Not Apply to Iran
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President Trump claimed on 1 May that the 60-day War Powers Resolution deadline does not apply to the Iran war, arguing the conflict effectively ended with April's ceasefire. Trump called the 1973 law "unconstitutional," a position previous administrations have also held. Critics point to Ronald Reagan, who negotiated congressional authorisation for Marines in Lebanon in 1983, though only after they had already been deployed and killed.
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