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A war deadline rekindles an ideal of self-government
Kurt Shillinger
Good morning. The Iran war has entered a new phase. On Friday, the 60-day deadline passed for the Trump administration to obtain congressional authorization for Operation Epic Fury. President Donald Trump argued in a letter to the Republican speaker of the House that his administration does not need such authorization because following an April 7 ceasefire, 鈥渢he hostilities that began on February 28, 2026 have terminated.鈥�
In fact, the deadline itself is more symbolic than binding. The War Powers Resolution allows for a 30-day extension if the president determines there is 鈥渦navoidable military necessity.鈥� Yet some skeptics on Capitol Hill are using the deadline to reassert a core tenet of American democracy: the rule of law. 鈥淲e鈥檙e looking for a very strong legal argument,鈥� said Sen. Todd Young, an Indiana Republican, to approve extending the operation.
Our stories today, meanwhile, focus on food affordability and the plight of foreigners 鈥� mainly from Africa 鈥� lured by Russia to fight in Ukraine.
