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Bipartisan Group Seeks to Strip Biden of War Powers

A bipartisan group of US Senators, upset about the President’s unilateral move to use of force in Syria, introduced legislation that...

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Was Trump’s Syria Strike Illegal? Explaining Presidential War Powers

WASHINGTON — President Trump ordered the military on Thursday to carry out a missile attack on Syrian forces for using chemical weapons against civilians. The unilateral attack lacked authorization from Congress or from the United Nations Security Council, raising the question of whether he had legal authority to commit the act of war.

The short answer: yes, it was legal.