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President Biden on committed to working with Congress to replace war-making authorities that have underpinned U.S. military action in the Middle East and beyond for the nearly two decades since the shock of the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Joe Biden moves to limit presidential authority to go to war

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden salutes before boarding Marine One with first lady Jill Biden at the White House in Washington, Friday, Feb. 26, 2021, for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., and then on to Houston. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Joe Biden seeks to replace decades-old war powers authority

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Soleimani Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Shifting justification for the killing of Soleimani persists

By Andrew P. Napolitano

A group of suspected al Qaeda militants accused in the killing of an army general in a suicide bombing stand trial at a state security court in Sanaa, Yemen, in this April 22, 2014 file photo. (Associated Press)

Iran-al Qaeda alliance may provide legal rationale for U.S. military strikes

By Ben Wolfgang and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this July 26, 2017 file photo, black smoke rises from a coalition airstrike which attacked an Islamic State militant position, on the front line on the eastern side of Raqqa, Syria. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

Trump admin defends open-ended troops in Syria; says ISIS threat remains

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, said he is pro-life but didn't promise voters to keep 90 percent of Obamacare's taxes and regulations in place to reshuffle dollars among the states. (Associated Press/File)

Senate ducks new debate on war on terror

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this March 1, 2017, file photo, an Iraqi soldier inspects a recently discovered train tunnel, adorned with an Islamic State group flag, that belonged to the former Baghdad to Mosul line, that was turned into a training camp for IS fighters, in western Mosul, Iraq. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, File)

Jeff Flake, Tim Kaine push for new AUMF to cover ISIS

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

aftermath: Syrians sift through the rubble of a house targeted by coalition airstrikes in the village of Kfar Derian. Washington informed President Bashar Assad's government of imminent U.S. strikes against Islamic State group strongholds hours before the bombing began. (Associated Press)

Obama use of Sept. 11 authority for Syria airstrikes questioned

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

"The death of Nathaniel Dennis raised great concern over those who might need medical care as a result of an illness or accident unrelated to Ebola," Rep. Duncan Hunter wrote in a letter last week raising the issue with fellow Rep. Christopher H. Smith, New Jersey Republican and chairman of a subcommittee looking into the U.S. response to the expanding Ebola crisis. (Associated Press)

House leaders nix bill that would give Obama power to kill Benghazi terrorists

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey listens on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 5, 2014, while testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing focusing on the Defense Department’s budget request for fiscal year 2015. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Congressman drafts bill to authorize killing Benghazi terrorists

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times