IN the sun-scorched high desert of Northern Nevada lies a tiny self-declared country with its very own dictator and armed ...

Landi made his last reported public appearance in Italy in November 2009, when he had a confrontation with laid-off employees at his office buildings in Rome. It was also the start of a legal battle ...

War powers resolution aimed at limiting Trump's military authority against Iran defeated in Senate vote amid ongoing debate over congressional role in authorizing strikes.

Yes, it's real — we visited Molossia, a self-declared micronation near Nevada and possibly the smallest country in the world. From passport stamps and customs to a national anthem and official ...

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Tuesday asserted that the War Powers Act is unconstitutional, pushing back forcefully against the lawmakers in both parties who are invoking the law in an effort to ...

A version of this article appears in print on June 23, 2025, Section A, Page 18 of the New York edition with the headline: We Have No Idea Where This War Will Go.

Bombing Iran without congressional authorization escalated a bipartisan trend of presidents bypassing the original intent of the Constitution.

“We must not forget Congress holds the war-power. If we don’t our nation drifts further from both liberty and peace,” Paul posted on the social platform X.

Wars are often waged in the name of religion. So what do key texts from Christianity, Islam and Judaism say about the justification for war? We asked three experts for their views. The Bible Robyn ...

News 9's partners at PolitiFact found that, according to Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution, Congress has the right to declare war.

Vice President JD Vance said on Sunday the U.S. was not at war with Iran but at war with its nuclear program, adding the program had been pushed back by a very long time due to American strikes ...

Now, the U.S. attacks on Iranian nuclear sites have revived both fears of war and renewed questions about the president’s authority to unilaterally engage in military action.