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American presidents have gathered too much power to take the country into war. Toward the end of the Trump Administration, a movement to transfer some of that power back to Congress appeared to be gathering steam, driven in part by bipartisan war fatigue and in part by concern about what the erratic

“The United States cannot fix Syria,” an Obama administration official said. “I simply fail to understand why we have U.S. troops there.”

Following the Palestinian militant organization Hamas’ attack on Oct. 7, the U.S. government acted swiftly to dissuade other regional actors such as

Legislation authorizing the 2003 war is still on the books—and alarmingly open-ended.

Leading legal scholar Harold Hongju Koh presents a strategy for ending the "war on terror."

MANILA: The US Congress will support American military action to defend the Philippines under the 1951 Mutual Defense Treaty if Filipino forces come under an armed attack, a bipartisan delegation of US lawmakers said.

On Thursday, Representative Chip Roy (R-TX-21), Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) and Representative Warren Davidson (R-OH-8), joined by 14 of their colleagues, introduced legislation to make it clear that NATO cannot override Congress' constitutional responsibilities to declare war.Rep. Roy said,"Decisions of war and peace, of life and death, are among the most serious any government

Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, is leading congressional conservatives in a new push to prevent "endless wars."

The House rejected on Thursday a resolution that would require the White House to remove hundreds of U.S. troops deployed in Somalia as part of counterterrorism efforts.

The House easily rejected Rep. Gaetz' resolution requiring US troops to be returned from Somalia, but more than 100 lawmakers were on board.