Dems plan Oman war powers push after Trump threatens bombing

NEW: Congressional Democrats plan a war powers push after President Trump threatened to bomb Oman, with a fresh US strike reported on a vessel as the Iran truce expires.

Congressional Democrats are moving to take back the war button.

Axios reports they're planning a war powers push after President Trump threatened to bomb Oman. This is the follow-through on the threat we covered earlier, and it comes as the Iran truce expires and a fresh US strike is reported on a vessel. So the shooting hasn't stopped while Washington argues about who gets to order it.

The War Powers Resolution is the tool here, and you can see the man it's aimed at, heading for his helicopter. A resolution can force a floor vote on whether any of this is authorised, and that puts every member of Congress on the record about a possible war with Oman. On the record, before a midterm cycle.

The hard fact is this. A truce with Iran just ran out, American munitions just hit a vessel, and the only body with the constitutional power to declare war is finding out from the news.

This is Sara White, reporting for HIT.

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