Democrats to force vote in Congress to limit Trump’s war powers against Iran – US politics live
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By Tom Ambrose · The Guardian World
Lawmakers are seeking the US president to require congressional approval before further military action against Iran Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox As Republicans celebrated the death of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei , with praise for Donald Trump ’s decisive action, Democrats faced their own divisions and a reckoning over how to present a united front. Most were quick to condemn the US president for sidelining Congress to launch an illegal and unconstitutional war and demanded a swift vote on a war powers resolution that would restrain his military onslaught. Donald Trump appeared to link the massive attack he ordered against Iran to his persistent claims about his 2020 election loss in a social media post about allegations that Tehran’s government interfered in the US elections. This is the second military operation of the Trump administration where the president alluded to allegations concerning the 2020 result. Donald Trump said on Sunday he was prepared to talk to what was left of the Iranian leadership after the killing of the country’s supreme leader by US-Israeli airstrikes aimed at overthrowing the regime. Trump was speaking as a second day of intense bombing of Iranian cities and Tehran’s missile counterattacks sent tremors across the region and through the global economy. Three US service members have been killed in action as part of US military operations against Iran , the US Central Command said in a statement on Sunday. These are the first confirmed deaths since the US began launching strikes against Iran on Saturday. The Iranian community in Los Angeles has spoken out about the attack by Israel and the US , with some saying ‘it’s not an invasion, it’s a liberation’. The US military reportedly used Claude, Anthropic’s AI model, to inform its attack on Iran despite Trump’s decision , announced hours earlier, to sever all ties with the company and its artificial intelligence tools. National…