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US lawmakers condemn Trump over Iran strikes: ‘acts of war unauthorized by Congress’

Feb 28, 2026Center Left

Members of Congress swiftly denounced the president’s military action against the Islamic Republic alongside IsraelUS-Israeli attack on Iran – live updatesUS and Israel strikes on Iran: what we know so farDonald Trump’s failure to build a case with the US public for striking Iran and then going ahead apparently without even alerting Congress’s key national…

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