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Congress and the public cannot afford to delay a serious reassessment of the Department of Defense’s security cooperation authorities.

Repeal isn’t just good housekeeping. It would help ensure that Congress weighs in before pursuing another major war in the Middle East.

The U.S. constitution divides war powers between the executive and legislative branches, so as to ensure that decisions about using force are collective and deliberative. Lawmakers’ role has receded, however, particularly in recent decades. Small steps would help them start reclaiming their prerogatives.

Blake Moore, Utah’s First District House Representative, held a town hall at Utah State University’s David B. Haight Center Tuesday afternoon.

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Or in Pakistan, or Somalia, or Niger, or Yemen?

The effects of Watergate include a decline in public trust in government and reforms to institutions. The scandal changed both political parties and the practice of journalism.

Proponents have passed similar bills before, but this time they’ll have to contend with a White House striving to rekindle relations with Saudi Arabia.

A number of members of the US Congress has admitted that the US is, in fact, currently in a war against Russia, which has provoked a response from some activists in the US.

Is playing deputy to America’s sheriff the reason Australian war powers remain unreformed? Our politicians remain muddled