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TRENDING TOPICS, MOST CREDIBLE STORIES | | #1 in U.S. News • 14 articles How is the Senate seeking to limit the president's ability to wage war? |  | |
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Resolution to repeal 1991 and 2002 military force authorizations advances to Senate floor.
Reason (Moderate Right) • Factual Grade 85% • 3 min read
Those laws, the 1991 Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) and the 2002 AUMF, were passed to give the president broad discretion in his military campaigns against Iraq. Congress in recent decades has enacted AUMFs and other legislation that has slowly diminished its ability to oversee the U.S. military's involvement in conflicts.
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The administration has expressed its openness to replacing the 2001 and 2002 AUMFs with a "narrow and specific framework" governing military force, but given President Joe Biden's recent questionably legal airstrikes, it's unlikely he would cede a lot of power. Biden hasn't invoked an AUMF to justify any of his attacks so far, instead relying on Article 51 of the United Nations Charter and Article II of the Constitution.
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Even without the broad discretionary powers granted by an AUMF, the president has ways to wage war. Military engagement is unlikely to stop altogether under those constraints, but we could get more deliberation and discussion before a president unleashes it.
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Rare bid to repeal war resolution advanced by U.S. Senate committee.
Reuters (Center) • Factual Grade 73% • 2 min read - Top long-read
U.S. airstrikes in Syria and Iraq: Legal authorities and presidential war powers.
Center for Strategic and International Studies (Center) • Factual Grade 78% • 9 min read
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| | #2 in U.S. News • 16 articles Why are families of 9/11 victims telling President Biden not to attend memorial events? | 
Nearly 1,800 family members, survivors, and first responders who were affected by the September 11 attacks are intensifying pressure on the federal government to declassify information that they believe poi...
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| | #1 in World News • 42 articles Where is the Taliban increasing its control of Afghanistan? |
The Taliban has captured the city of Zaranj in Afghanistan's Nimruz province, making it the first provincial capital the group has taken from the Afghan government as it...
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| | | 673 votes, 104 comments Context: President Biden issues executive order that half of cars sold by 2030 should be electric. HIGHLIGHTED COMMENTS " Yes - Yes, I own 2 used EVs. The cost is a few dollars a month to charge. We don't spend money on oil changes, emissions, or engine repairs plus the cars are super fast and quiet. Our electric company uses wind, solar, and slowly moving away from coal and has added new job technology to our economy. The only limitation is that we can not travel more than 50 miles. I own a gas car for longer trips. It is just a matter of time that battery mileage will improve." " No - The power grid in most places in the US cannot handle the simultaneous charging of a fleet of electric cars half as big as the curre..." " Unsure - Our household in is the <20,000/year income range. So needless to say, we won..." | | | #2 in World News • 11 articles What is in Taiwan's first arms purchase with the Biden administration? |
The deal has an estimated value of $750 million and includes an arms package centered on 40 medium self-propelled M109A6 howitzers, a mobile artillery vehicle with a range of up to 18 miles. Taiwanese Pres...
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| | #1 in Science News • 35 articles How likely is California's Dixie fire to be contained? |
The Dixie Fire has been raging in Butte and Plumas counties since July 14 and has destroyed at least 67 structures, including homes, and was only 35 percent contained Friday...
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