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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman.
It's been at least 60 days since President Trump and Israel attacked Iran.
The War Powers Resolution of 1973 says a president must get authorization from Congress
within 60 days of starting hostilities.
Without that authorization, the president must withdraw U.S. Troops.
Yesterday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Virginia Democratic Senator Tim Kaine that 60-day timeline is on hold.
We are in a ceasefire.
Right now, which our understanding means the 60-day clock pauses or stops in a ceasefire.
So they're not in.
It's our understanding, just so you know.
Okay, well, I do not believe the statute would support that.
Separately, in Article 1, the U.S. Constitution specifically gives Congress the right to declare war, not the president.
Congress has funded most of the Department of Homeland Security.
The House adopted a bill passed five weeks ago by the Senate to fund most of DHS.