Skip to content

thatsthewaythecookiecrumbles.org

Trusted news at #1 place

  • About us
  • Trusted sources
  • Democracy matters
  • Trump’s decisions

Home - Politics Matters - Does Donald Trump have sole power to decide if and when to strike Iran? Or does Congress have a say?

Posted in
  • Politics Matters

Does Donald Trump have sole power to decide if and when to strike Iran? Or does Congress have a say?

by The editor•18 June 2025•Posted inPolitics Matters

Can Congress get involved in the decision to attack Iran?

The editor
More by The editor

You might also like

‘It’s just dumb’: Hillary Clinton slams Trump administration on Signalgate

Robert De Niro Takes Down Trump Supporter Who Called 1/6 Police Traitors

Trump Melts Down And Demands Government Shutdown

Post navigation

Previous Article Previous article:
Social Media – No proof Gov. Tim Walz posted, or deleted posts, about Minnesota shooting suspect Vance Boelter
Next Article Next article:
X posts – Image of man wearing a “Resist” shirt is not of Vance Boelter, but a Texas Democrat’s husband

The Atlantic

  • A MAGA Attorney Hired Epstein’s Lawyer for His ‘Valuable’ Experience

    A firm that represents Pete Hegseth and once represented Donald Trump now employs a co-executor of the disgraced financier’s estate.

  • Donald Trump Shoots the Messenger

    Classic authoritarian move: When reality doesn’t go your way, deny reality.

  • ICE’s Mind-Bogglingly Massive Blank Check

    Congress has appropriated billions with few strings attached, creating a likely windfall for well-connected firms.

  • Why Trump Broke With Bibi Over the Gaza Famine

    The president wants the war to end and thinks Benjamin Netanyahu is standing in his way.

  • The FBI’s Leaders ‘Have No Idea What They’re Doing’

    A casualty of Trump’s purge speaks out.

Talking Points Memo

  • Texas Starts a Nationwide Gerrymandering War

    When the Republican-controlled Texas legislature, at Donald Trump’s urging, first pushed through a plan to do a highly unusual mid-decade...

  • Experts Say Foreign Governments Are ‘Playing Trump’ on Tariffs

    President Donald Trump on Thursday night signed an executive order applying blanket tariffs to scores of countries. In announcing tariffs...

  • Trump Relocates Ghislaine to Texas Club Fed as Negotiations Continue

    Going back to my Backchannel on not being surprised when President Trump pardons Ghislaine Maxwell … Trump has now moved...

  • Inertia, Rage and Netanyahu’s Never-Ending War

    While we watch the horrific and increasingly senseless immiseration of the civilian population of Gaza, it’s important to look clearly...

  • Senate Democrats Estimate DOGE Caused Billions of Dollars In Government Waste

    A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This is TPM’s Morning Memo. Sign up for the email version....

Fox News

  • Trump's global reset of trade relationships will remain in the spotlight this week

    President Donald Trump's global reset of trade relationships will remain in the spotlight this week as his administration moves forward with sweeping new taxes on imports on Aug. 7.

  • First on Fox: Republican firebrand Nancy Mace launches bid for South Carolina governor

    Three-term House member Nancy Mace joins South Carolina's 2026 gubernatorial race, facing Attorney General Alan Wilson and other Republicans in primary contest.

  • Abbott threatens to remove House Dems from office following dramatic departure to avoid vote

    Gov. Greg Abbott warned Texas House Democrats that they will be expelled from office if they don't return to vote on a proposed redistricting map.

  • Republican Dooley jumps into Georgia's Senate race while touting support for Trump and taking aim at Ossoff

    Son of legendary Georgia football coach launches Senate campaign while highlighting his support for President Trump and expected endorsement from Governor Brian Kemp against Jon Ossoff.

  • Trump accuses Senate Democrats of using nominee confirmations as leverage for funding deals

    President Trump called Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Democrats "crazed lunatics" after accusing the chamber of demanding $2 billion in exchange for confirming his nominees.

The Hill

  • EPA’s 'big deregulation' is a big assault on public health 

    It’s more like the great American backslide into the 1960s.

  • Abbott threatens to remove Texas Democrats over walkout

    Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) threatened to remove Texas House Democrats from the legislature after they left the state on Sunday in a bid to stop Republicans from proceeding with a redistricting effort that would give the GOP five more opportunities to gain seats in the 2026 midterms. “This truancy ends now. The derelict Democrat...

  • We must loosen China's chokehold on battery supply chains

    A ceasefire in the U.S.-China trade war doesn’t change the fact that Americans are subject to Beijing’s whims when it comes to critical supplies of everything from magnets to minerals. This is not an accident but the result of decades of Beijing’s deliberate practices to build monopolies, dominate supply chains, stifle competition, and foster resource...

  • Trump is right about Brazil

    In the end, there was no one left to guard the guards.

  • Iranian Americans are demanding peace, not war

    A move is afoot not only to manufacture consent for war, but to manufacture fear and surrender to the idea that war is inevitable.

Categories

  • Adventure
  • Architecture
  • Astronomy
  • BBC US politics
  • Beauty
  • CNN
  • Democracy matters – defending democracy
  • Fashion
  • Featured articles
  • FiveThirtyEight
  • Food
  • Fox news
  • Just security
  • Movie Stuff
  • NPR
  • Painters Matter
  • Politico
  • Politics Matters
  • Real Clear Politics
  • Talking Points Memo
  • The Atlantic
  • The Guardian
  • The Hill
  • Travel

  • About us
  • Trusted sources
  • Democracy matters
  • Trump’s decisions

Find Us

This is a good place to read all your sources at just one stop.

Address
123 Main Street
New York, NY 10001

Hours
Monday–Friday: 5:00AM–5:00PM
Saturday & Sunday: Only urgent matters

The abouve looks good so I left it there, like I would be running a regular physical operation as well ,-)

You can reach me at editor@thatsthewaythecookiecrumbles.org

The Guardian

  • White House officials rush to defend Trump after shaky economic week

    US trade representative says ‘the president is the president’ after firing of labor statistics chief amid slow job growthDonald Trump administration officials fanned out on Sunday’s US political shows to defend the president’s policies after a bruising week of poor economic, trade and employment numbers that culminated with the firing of labor statistics chief Erika McEntarfer.The US trade representative, Jamieson Greer, said Trump had “real concerns” about the jobs numbers that extend beyond Friday’s report that showed the national economy added 73,000 jobs in July, far below expectations. Job growth numbers were revised down by 285,000 for the two previous months as well. Continue reading...

  • How Ice cancelled summer: hundreds of Latino festivals face impossible decision over fear of raids

    Some organisers say they’re ‘trying to be safe’ in the face of immigration raid fears. But some have found inventive ways to fight backFor Orlando Gutierrez in Kansas City, the thought of cancelling his community’s summer Colombian Independence Day festival first surfaced “the week after the inauguration” in January, “when the raids started happening”. The decision was rooted in “trying to be safe”, Gutierrez said. “We’re not talking about folks that are irregular in terms of their immigration status. You only have to look a certain way and speak a certain language and then you’re in danger.”For decades prior to 2025, the event had gone on interrupted – “in rain, in extreme heat” – and hosted thousands of Colombians and non-Colombians alike, Gutierrez said. “Our mission is to share our culture with people that don’t know it,” he added. “To not have the opportunity – that’s where it hurts the most.” Continue reading...

  • ‘There’s an appetite for this brand of politics’: the independent politician making a bid for US Senate

    Dan Osborn is challenging Republican incumbent Pete Ricketts in Nebraska to become a rare independent senatorDan Osborn is a man who does not like to lose, and if you had asked him on election night last year whether he would run again as an independent for a US Senate seat representing the very Republican state of Nebraska, Osborn would have told you to, in his words, “pound sand”.Yet the results of his first bid for elected office were alluring, so much so that he has decided take another stab at becoming only the third current member of the US Senate who is not in either of the two parties. While he did not beat Republican senator Deb Fischer last November, he did narrow her margin of victory to the single digits in a state that Donald Trump won by 20 points. Next year, Osborn will challenge the state’s other Republican senator, Pete Ricketts, in a contest he characterizes as a struggle between the working class and the wealthy. Continue reading...

  • How Trump is contorting Department of Justice into his ‘personal weapon’

    Critics say DoJ has been ‘politicized like never before’ and the main job requirement is now ‘loyalty to Donald Trump’As Donald Trump’s Department of Justice expands investigations of his foes and ousts dozens of lawyers and staff who worked on cases targeting himself and his allies, scholars and ex-prosecutors say the rule of law is under siege in the US as the department morphs into Trump’s “personal weapon”.The justice department’s politicization to please Trump was underscored by an announcement on 23 July of a new “ strike force” to investigate unsubstantiated charges that ex-president Barack Obama and top officials conspired to hurt Trump’s 2016 campaign and his presidency with inquiries into Russian influence operations to help Trump win, say critics. Continue reading...

  • With Trump wreaking havoc, a question for the US Democrats: when will you ever learn? | Timothy Garton Ash

    I see little sign here that the liberal establishment truly acknowledges the failures that led to the Biden election debacle. There must be a reckoningNothing is more insufferable than someone saying “I told you so”; so please forgive me for being insufferable. On 29 September 2023, after a couple of months spent in the US, I published a column that was well summarised in its Guardian headline: “Unless Joe Biden stands aside, the world must prepare for President Trump 2.0”. We can never definitely say “what would have happened if …?”, but there’s a very good chance that had Biden cleared the way for a Democratic primary in autumn 2023 the strongest candidate could have defeated Trump. The entire world would have been spared the disaster now unfolding.“No use crying over spilt milk,” you may say. Yes, but it’s always worth learning lessons for the future. I’m back in the US now, and a recent poll for the Wall Street Journal found that 63% of voters hold an unfavourable view of the Democratic party. To put it mildly, the Democrats have a way to go.Timothy Garton Ash is a historian, political writer and Guardian columnist Continue reading...

Politico

  • Moderate Democrats change their tone on Israel

    Ritchie Torres is threading a needle after emphatic defense of Israel for most of the war.

  • ‘More like a blue trickle’: Dems are hoping for a blue wave that might not happen

    There's little evidence so far that Democrats are going to crash the gates of Washington.

  • Rep. Sarah McBride Won’t Be Baited by GOP ‘Provocateurs’

    The Delaware congresswoman also explains why voters “feel like Democrats have sort of been assholes to them” and what the party must do to win them back.

  • Rep. Sarah McBride won’t be baited by GOP ‘provocateurs’ | The Conversation

    Rep. Sarah McBride won’t be baited by GOP ‘provocateurs’ | The Conversation lead image

  • New filings reveal how top Dems are preparing possible 2028 runs

    Possible 2028 contenders’ leadership PACs have raised and spent millions of dollars combined this year, new filings show.

NPR

  • Senator Amy Klobuchar on states suing Trump over tariffs

    NPR's Michel Martin speaks with U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), whose state is among those suing the Trump administration for imposing tariffs without Congressional approval.

  • A former Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner on the firing of BLS head

    NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with former Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner Erica Groshen about the firing of one of her successors over the latest jobs numbers.

  • What could Trump's firing of a BLS commissioner mean for the integrity of data?

    What could President Trump's firing of a Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner portend for the integrity of federal data? NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Hayley Williams of the Center for Economic and Policy Research.

  • The White House is getting a new ballroom. A former White House historian reacts.

    NPR's Sarah McCammon talks with Edward Lengel, former Chief Historian of the White House Historical Association, about President Trump's plans to build a ballroom at the White House.

  • Senate confirms ex-Fox News host Pirro as top federal prosecutor for nation's capital

    The Senate confirmed ex-Fox News host Jeanine Pirro as top federal prosecutor for the nation's capital, after President Trump withdrew his controversial first pick, conservative activist Ed Martin Jr.

Five Thirty Eight

  • What Americans Think Of The Biden Impeachment Inquiry

    Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly-ish polling roundup. It’s officially impeachment season again. On Tuesday, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy announced that he’s directing three House committees to start investigating whether President Biden benefited from his son Hunter’s business dealings overseas. McCarthy accused the Biden family of “a culture of corruption,” saying that the Biden administration

  • The Second GOP Debate Could Be Smaller, With Or Without Trump

    The second Republican presidential primary debate is less than two weeks away, so time is running out for GOP contenders to meet the Republican National Committee’s qualification criteria. To make the Sept. 27 debate, each candidate must have at least 3 percent support in two qualifying national polls, or at least 3 percent in one

  • The Senate Is Losing One Of Its Few Remaining Moderate Republicans

    On Wednesday, Utah Sen. Mitt Romney announced he would not run for reelection in 2024. On the surface, the electoral impact of Romney’s decision is minimal — his seat should stay safely in Republican hands. But it’s still notable because it represents the departure of one of the few remaining Republican senators who had a

  • Why ‘Bidenomics’ Isn’t Working For Biden

    Welcome to FiveThirtyEight’s politics chat. The transcript below has been lightly edited. nrakich (Nathaniel Rakich, senior elections analyst): For a long time, the economy has been seen as a big liability for President Biden in his reelection bid. Inflation soared in 2021 and 2022, culminating at a rate of 9.1 percent last June. The same

  • Why Biden Is Losing Support Among Voters Of Color

    Among the most politically tuned-in, last week saw the kind of hand-wringing and accusations of bias surrounding the polls that you’d usually expect from the final two months of a campaign, not the final year and two months of a campaign. The focus was largely on general election polls: Whether a Wall Street Journal poll

Painte

Paul Klee

Paul Klee

24 April 202330 December 2024
Michael Parkes

Michael Parkes

24 April 202312 July 2025
Wassily Kandinsky, 1903, The Blue Rider (Der Blaue Reiter)

Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky

20 December 202012 July 2025
Copyright © 2025 thatsthewaythecookiecrumbles.org.
Powered by WordPress and HybridMag.
  • About us
  • Trusted sources
  • Democracy matters
  • Trump’s decisions

thatsthewaythecookiecrumbles.org

Trusted news at #1 place

  • About us
  • Trusted sources
  • Democracy matters
  • Trump’s decisions

bladibla

Scroll Up