White House claims Iran war ‘terminated’
What happened
The White House is arguing that the War Powers Act deadline to either wind down the Iran war or get congressional authorization is not Friday, as Congress assumed, because the 60-day clock stopped when President Donald Trump ordered a ceasefire on April 7. “For War Powers Resolution purposes,” an official told reporters, the hostilities “have terminated.”
Who said what
“We are in a ceasefire right now, which our understanding means the 60-day clock pauses or stops,”...