GOP Senator Opposes More Than 60 Days Of War On Iran Without War Declaration In what could become a key milestone in an unpopular US-Israeli war on Iran that has the world on the edge of economic catastrophe, a Republican senator from one America's reddest states has announced his opposition to continued action against Iran beyond 60 days from the Feb 28 commencement of hostilities -- unless Congr...
GOP Senator Opposes More Than 60 Days Of War On Iran Without War Declaration In what could become a key milestone in an unpopular US-Israeli war on Iran that has the world on the edge of economic catastrophe, a Republican senator from one America's reddest states has announced his opposition to continued action against Iran beyond 60 days from the Feb 28 commencement of hostilities -- unless Congress approves it. "I support the president’s actions taken in defense of American lives and interests," wrote first-term Sen. John Curtis in an opinion piece published by the Desert News . "However, I will not support ongoing military action beyond a 60-day window without congressional approval." I stand by the President’s actions taken in defense of our national security interests in the Middle East. But we must be clear-eyed about history and the Constitution. While I support maintaining our readiness and replenishing stockpiles, I cannot support funding for further… — Senator John Curtis (@SenJohnCurtis) April 3, 2026 Walking a careful and arguably untenable line as he represents a reliably red state that Trump won by 22 points in 2024, Curtis gave full backing to Trump's unilateral commitment of US forces to war in concert with the State of Israel. Curtis goes so far as to declare that "Iran’s consistent and increasingly disruptive behavior presents exactly the kind of threat the War Powers Resolution envisions." Note, he didn't refer -- as some others have -- to an impending retaliation against US forces in the region if Israel had acted alone (an argument that itself ignores America's theoretical power to order Israel to stand down). Instead, Curtis argued that Iran's decades of actions in the region somehow cleared the War Powers Resolution' s hurdle of "a national emergency created by attack upon the United States, its territories or possessions, or its armed forces." A Reuters/Ipsos poll found that about two-thirds of Americans want the U.S. to end its involvement i...
Iran Allows Iraqi Ships To Use Strait Of Hormuz As Total Weekly Transits Reach Highest Since War Began Over the past two weeks we have been chronicling the increased rate of crossing across the "blockaded" strait of Hormuz as a growing number of ships from friendly nations - whether untolled Chinese tankers or toll-paying Indian, Japanese and Korean vessels - have been making the passage. And as t...
Iran Allows Iraqi Ships To Use Strait Of Hormuz As Total Weekly Transits Reach Highest Since War Began Over the past two weeks we have been chronicling the increased rate of crossing across the "blockaded" strait of Hormuz as a growing number of ships from friendly nations - whether untolled Chinese tankers or toll-paying Indian, Japanese and Korean vessels - have been making the passage. And as traffic through the Hormuz strait has been picking up in the past week, the seven-day rolling average for transits on Friday reached the highest since the war started, according to Bloomberg. More vessels are crossing, including those with no clear links to Iran or China, as nations negotiate with Tehran to get their ships through. Transits over the past day were led by liquefied petroleum gas carriers, including one headed to India and others with Iranian affiliations. Per Bloomberg calculations, a total of 13 ships have crossed since Friday morning, with 10 exiting the Persian Gulf and three entering from the open seas, according to vessel-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg. To be sure, that’s still a trickle compared with the numbers before the war began on Feb. 28: in normal times, about a fifth of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas passes through the strait every day. Recent crossings included a French container ship and a Japanese-owned LNG tanker, seemingly the first such transits since the war began. It’s not clear whether those journeys were a result of diplomatic outreach or negotiations by shipping companies and their intermediaries. Outbound traffic included five bulk carriers and one oil-product tanker joined the four LPG tankers in exiting the Persian Gulf since Friday morning. Three of the bulkers and the fuel tanker sailed on Saturday morning. Apart from the Indian LPG vessel, the others are linked to Chinese or Iranian interests. On the inbound side, two LPG carriers and one fuel tanker with Iranian affiliations were among the inbound transits record...