3 hours ago - Vice President JD Vance cast the deciding vote Wednesday to effectively kill a Venezuelan war powers resolution after the Senate deadlocked on the measure.

17 hours ago - The vote was 51-50 for a Republican point of order to dismiss the war powers resolution, as just three of Trump's Republicans voted with every Democrat in favour of moving ahead and Vice-President JD Vance came to the Capitol to break the tie.

15 hours ago - The vote was 51-50 for a Republican point of order to dismiss the war powers resolution, as just three of Trump's Republicans voted with every Democrat in favor of moving ahead and Vice President JD Vance came to the Capitol to break the tie.

17 hours ago - Young were part of a group of five Republicans who last week joined all Democrats in supporting the measure aiming to curb the president’s war powers. The move prompted backlash from Mr. Trump. In a social media post, he condemned the Republican senators’ “stupidity” and said they should lose their seats in Congress. White House officials and G.O.P. leaders had been pressing the five defectors to change their votes. The effort to derail the measure began almost immediately after last week’s vote and centered on arguments that U.S. forces were no longer operating in Venezuela and that the mission was complete.

17 hours ago - ... By Wednesday, Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., was able to flip two of those five Republican votes against the measure. The final vote was 51-50, with Vice President Vance brought in to break a tie. The resolution was blocked with the ...

4 hours ago - Vice President Vance arrived at the Capitol shortly after 6 p.m. to cast the tiebreaking vote to defeat the measure. Risch argued the War Powers Act was not applicable to the situation in Venezuela because the United States does not have any ...

14 hours ago - WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans voted to dismiss a war powers resolution Wednesday that would have limited President Donald Trump’s ability to conduct further attacks on Venezuela after two GOP senators reversed course on supporting ...

17 hours ago - United States Vice President JD Vance has cast the tie-breaking vote to defeat a war powers resolution that would have forced President Donald Trump to seek Congress’s approval before taking any further military action in Venezuela.

18 hours ago - The vote failed after two Republicans withdrew their previous support under intense pressure from the Trump administration. January 14, 2026 at 7:18 p.m. EST41 minutes ago ... Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Missouri) speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in September. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post) ... The Senate on Wednesday blocked a bipartisan measure that aimed to prevent President Donald Trump from taking further military action in Venezuela...

3 hours ago - JD Vance arrives at the US Capitol before casting a tie-breaking vote to block the Venezuela war powers resolution on Wednesday in Washington DC.

17 hours ago - Josh Hawley will no longer support a war powers resolution curtailing President Donald Trump’s administration from taking military action in Venezuela. The Senate rejected the war powers resolution on Wednesday evening on a 50-50 vote, with Vice ...

19 hours ago - Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday cast a tie-breaking vote, blocking a resolution intended to halt President Donald Trump from using the military in Venezuela. Vance's vote for the point of order on the measure, known as a war powers resolution, ...

18 hours ago - Senate Republicans successfully thwarted a final vote Wednesday on a war powers resolution seeking to restrict future military action in Venezuela.

18 hours ago - Senate Republicans rejected the Venezuela War Powers Resolution on Wednesday, which sought to limit President Donald Trump’s ability to make further attacks on the country, with a tie-breaking vote from Vice President JD Vance.

1 week ago - WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (Reuters) - The ... leader. The vote on a procedural measure to advance the war powers resolution was 52 to 47, as five of Trump's Republicans voted with every Democrat in favor of moving ahea...

19 hours ago - Senate Republicans voted to dismiss a war powers resolution Wednesday that would have limited President Donald Trump's ability to conduct further attacks on Venezuela after two GOP senators reversed course on supporting the legislation.

18 hours ago - Republicans used a procedural maneuver to block the measure, arguing that the resolution should no longer be "privileged" — which gives it priority on the floor — because the U.S. is not currently engaged in "hostilities" with Venezuela. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, a South Dakota Republican, previewed the argument in floor remarks Wednesday morning. "Today, we expect a vote on a resolution to direct the removal of U.S.

3 hours ago - Wednesday’s vote challenged the resolution’s “privilege” — the procedural status that allows supporters to force an expedited vote and pass it with a simple majority, bypassing the Senate’s typical 60-vote hurdle.