News Archive - 5 January 2020

"We are concerned that the Administration took this action without the consultation of Congress," Pelosi wrote after the assassination of an Iranian military leader.

Destroying cultural property during armed conflict is considered a war crime under international law, one the U.S. has decried in the past.

Gen. Esmail Ghaani made his remarks in an interview with Iranian state television.

Lawmakers in Washington state said they're looking into reports that dozens of citizens had trouble entering the U.S. amid escalating tensions with Iran.

The president, who ordered the assassination of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, appeared to mock the War Powers Act of 1973 in his tweet.

The secretary of state was the Trump administration's most visible advocate for military conflict with Iran.

The U.S. under the Trump administration originally violated the agreement in 2018.

The vote comes two days after a U.S. airstrike killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani inside Iraq, dramatically increasing regional tensions.

The measure would restrict any federal funding of any offensive military action against Iran “without congressional authorization.”