US EditionBipartisan measure to restrict Trump’s war powers fails in Senate
A Senate vote of 51-48 blocked legislation requiring congressional approval for President Trump's Caribbean military strikes, which have killed at least 21 people, officials said.
- On October 8, 2025, the United States Senate failed to advance a bipartisan resolution to block strikes on alleged Venezuelan drug smugglers after Democrats forced a War Powers Act vote.
- Senators argued the vote was needed because the Trump administration claimed the U.S. is in `armed conflict` with drug cartels, raising constitutional concerns over unauthorized strikes.
- U.S. military forces have carried out at least four strikes in the Caribbean Sea since early September, killing at least 21 individuals, including a recent action off Venezuela.
- Political divisions showed when the White House urged Republicans to reject the resolution, defended the strikes as lawful, and only Sen. Rand Paul and Sen. Lisa Murkowski supported it while Sen. John Fetterman opposed.
- A new poll shows 71 percent of Americans support destroying drug-smuggling vessels, while Colombian President Gustavo Petro said the latest struck ship carried Colombian citizens, raising regional tensions.
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Senate Effort to Curtail Trump’s Venezuela Strikes Fails
Republicans in the Senate defeated Wednesday a war powers resolution that would have restricted the Trump administration’s power to conduct strikes on drug boats in the Caribbean. The resolution was put forward by Senate Democrats, joined by the Republican Senators Rand Paul of Kentucky and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska. As the Trump administration has saturated the Caribbean with nearly unprecedented naval force to interdict and destroy drug traffic…
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