The US senate says no again, Trump can do as he likes. CNN :
"Republicans again rejected a resolution aimed at requiring President Donald Trump to seek congressional approval for future US military action against Iran.
The Senate voted 47 to 53 to put down the measure, with GOP Sen. Rand Paul joining with Democrats in voting to advance it, and Democratic Sen. John Fetterman voting with Republicans to block it.
This is the second time since the current conflict between the US and Iran started that Democrats have forced an unsuccessful vote over Iran war powers. Democrats have pledged to keep forcing votes until Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth publicly testify about Iran on Capitol Hill. To date, the GOP-led Congress has not held any open oversight hearings on the conflict, although there have been classified sessions for members.
Even if the measure had advanced, it faced an uphill battle on Capitol Hill, as it would have needed to withstand a full amendment process in the Senate before moving to the House, and then a likely presidential veto that requires a two-thirds vote to override."
This Fetterman is an odd one. Once the a darling of the progressive dems, now his full on Tulsi Gabbard is almost complete. I remember when the Repugs were demanding he resign when he had a stroke. No such calls now though.
And also in US politics, from Sky:
"Pentagon requests $200bn to fund Iran war - report
The Pentagon has asked the White House to approve a request to US Congress for more than $200bn to help fund the war effort in Iran, according to the Washington Post citing a senior administration official.
In an interview with Sky News last week, Scott Bessent, the US treasury secretary, said the war has so far cost the US around $11bn."
What does that work out at ? About $600 for each man, woman, child AND illegal in the US ? Only recently it was the (fake) price of condoms that mattered.
Also Sky :
"The US attacked Iranian anti-ship cruise missiles with four bunker buster bombs weighing 2,270kg each, an American official tells our partner network NBC News.
This is the first known time the US military has used these bombs in combat. "
"The US strikes penetrated hardened facilities holding Iran's anti-ship cruise missiles along the Strait of Hormuz, but they did not eliminate the entire inventory and the cruise missile threat remains, the official said. "
So they admit they can't destroy all. But they will bomb anyway. And the actual damage to shipping is by small drones. I can only assume this is about protecting naval ships and not tankers ?