Congress ignores key deadline as Republicans ready 'restraint' on Trump's war in Iran

Congress left Washington, D.C., without flexing its legal muscle against President Donald Trump's Iran war, despite growing concern among Republicans about what comes next in the Middle East.

The 60-day deadline, enshrined into law by the War Powers Act Resolution, requires that Congress authorize or halt the war. That mark came and went Friday while lawmakers were back home.

While Senate Democrats have voted six times in lockstep to handcuff Trump’s war powers in Iran, Republicans...