Hegseth Resets War Powers Clock As Deadline Hits
Technically speaking, time just ran out for Donald Trump's war with Iran. The War Powers Resolution of 1973 gives presidents 48 hours to notify Congress after military action begins, and then has to seek approval from Congress to continue hostilities. Today is Day 62. So will Trump begin to wind down operations over the next 30 days, the withdrawal period specified in the WPR?
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Hegseth Resets War Powers Clock As Deadline Hits Ed Morrissey 9:20 AM | May 01, 2026 AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein Technically speaking, time just ran out for Donald Trump's war with Iran. The War Powers Resolution of 1973 gives presidents 48 hours to notify Congress after military action begins, and then has to seek approval from Congress to continue hostilities. Today is Day 62. So will Trump begin to wind down operations over the next 30 days, the withdrawal period specified in the WPR? Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("div-gpt-300x250_4"); //googletag.pubads().refresh([gptAdSlot["div-gpt-300x250_4"]]) }); Er ... no. Presidents have never accepted these limits in the WPR as constitutional, a point to which we'll return in a moment.
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