Conservative and progressive lawmakers want to force a vote on a resolution requiring the administration to seek congressional approval before going to war in the Middle East.

Just minutes ago, President Donald Trump made a shocking statement on Truth Social that could mark a historic and dangerous turning point in the ongoing Middle East crisis. The President posted: “We now have complete and total control of the skies over Iran.

Hostilities between Israel and Iran have entered the fifth day after Israel refused any diplomatic overtures from Iran overnight to stop the ongoing conflict. In response, The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has issued an evacuation directive,

An air war between Israel and Iran broke out June 12 after Israel struck nuclear and military targets in Iran. This is something Israel has long made clear it might eventually do as part of its efforts to prevent Iran from building a nuclear bomb.

Israeli officials have been pushing the United States to use its huge bunker-busting bomb to crush Iran’s nuclear capabilities.

Whether the U.S. gets more involved than it already is, some members of Congress from both parties argue, should not be up to the President.

This is not our war,” Rep. Thomas Massie said. “Even if it were, Congress must decide such matters according to our Constitution.”

Rep. Thomas Massie is against U.S. involvement in the Israel-Iran conflict. He plans to stop Trump from getting the U.S. involved in a war.

"Giving up entirely," Trump told reporters early on Tuesday. "Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon, it's very simple." The air war between Iran and U.S. ally Israel - which began on Friday when Israel attacked Iran with airstrikes - has raised alarms in a region that had already been on edge since the start of Israel's military assault on Gaza in October 2023.