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‘Instincts for restraint’: Senate divided over who gets to declare war
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Lawmakers are debating what role Congress should play as the White House weighs its options in Iran.
Does the legislative body have sole power to declare war, or should that power be ceded to the president?
The back and forth comes as President Donald Trump mulls whether to join Israel in its campaign against Iran or continue pushing for a diplomatic end and return to the negotiating table to hammer out a nuclear deal with the Islamic Republic.
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President Donald Trump June 15, 2025 (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
Helping to ignite the arguments on Capitol Hill are a pair of resolutions in the Senate and House that would require debate and a vote before any force is used against Iran. The measures are designed to put a check on Trump’s power and reaffirm Congress’ constitutional authority.
Senators on both sides of the aisle are divided on whether they believe they have sole authority to authorize a strike against Iran or if Trump can do so on his own volition. A predominant argument is that the entire point of supporting Israel is to prevent the Islamic Republic from creating or acquiring a nuclear weapon.
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Israel has been successful in taking out a few pieces of infrastructure that were key to that mission but has yet to do real damage to the highly-fortified Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant and would likely need help from the U.S. to crack through the layers of rock shielding the site.
«The Constitution says the prerogative to declare war, the power to declare war, is solely from the Congress,» Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky, told Fox News Digital. «It can’t originate from the White House. There is no constitutional authority for the president to bomb anyone without asking permission first.»
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., talks with reporters in the U.S. Capitol after the House passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act May 22, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc )
The Constitution divides war powers between Congress and the White House, giving lawmakers the sole power to declare war, while the president acts as the commander in chief directing the military.
Then came the War Powers Act of 1973, which sought to further define those roles and ensure that the president has to give Congress notice within 48 hours of the deployment of troops who can only be deployed for 60 days. Notably, Congress has not formally declared war since World War II.
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«There’s really no argument for why he couldn’t obey the Constitution,» Paul said. «Now, my hope is that he won’t do it, his instincts for restraint would prevail.»
Fox News reached out to the White House for comment.
Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., disagreed with Paul and said he believed Trump had the ability to authorize a strike but acknowledged it was «mixed» and «clouded» when factoring in the War Powers Act.
«It’s clear that both Congress and the president have a role to play,» he said. «But if you’re suggesting, should the president come to Congress first making that decision, it’s conditioned upon what year you want Congress to make a decision. Sometimes it takes us months, even years, to get nothing done.»
Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., speaks with reporters. (Reuters)
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., told reporters he believed Trump was «perfectly in his right to do what he’s done so far» and reiterated that the ultimate goal was to prevent Iran from having a nuclear weapon.
Senate Republicans have found an unlikely ally among Democrats in Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., who has vehemently advocated for Israel while his party has wavered.
Fetterman told Fox News Digital he did not believe a strike on Iran was «starting a war,» echoing Thune’s sentiment that «we have a very specific mission to destroy the nuclear facilities. That’s not a war. That is a necessary military … exercise to destroy a nuclear facility.»
And Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., told Fox News Digital «it’s never been ruled» whether the War Powers Act was constitutional, but he noted that the act still gave the president the authority to act as commander in chief.
«I think it’s pretty much an irrelevant point if President Trump decides to aid Israel with some military action with those bunker-busting bombs,» Johnson said. «It’s well within the timeframe of him coming under some kind of congressional action.»
Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., arrives for a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building April 3, 2025 (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
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Still, Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., who introduced his war powers resolution Monday, believed the measure was gaining momentum among his colleagues.
Kaine told Fox News Digital that, as events have developed, it made the «urgency» of his resolution more apparent. He also expected it would get a vote in the Senate sometime next week. He argued that some Republicans would «very much want to be in the middle of hostilities with Iran.»
«But the interesting thing is, they’ve never introduced a war authorization because their constituents would say, ‘Are you nuts?’» he said. «And, so, they would like the president to do it, but they wouldn’t want to do it themselves.»
When asked if that was a move to shift blame elsewhere, Kaine said, «They think it will, but it won’t.»
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¿Fin al Barrio Rojo en Ámsterdam? Quieren moverlo fuera de la ciudad y hay quejas de las trabajadoras sexuales
El Barrio Rojo de Ámsterdam ya no es el mismo de antes. Esta zona superpoblada de turistas de la capital neerlandesa se enciende en las noches con luces rojas para iluminar sus tradicionales vitrinas, donde jóvenes mujeres, en su mayoría de Europa del este, se exhiben con muy poca ropa para captar clientes en busca de sexo.
Pero estos espacios iluminados de rojo, decorados con una simple silla de madera en la que espera la anfitriona de turno con poses sensuales, están en retroceso. Unas 150 vitrinas cerraron en Ámsterdam en la última década.
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No es un fenómeno aislado. Sucede en las principales ciudades de los Países Bajos. “En Utrecht ya no existen más». Todos los locales fueron clausurados por sospecha de trata. “En Alkmaar y Groningen cerró la mitad”, contó a TN el periodista neerlandés Jelle Baars, que trabaja en el diario local Trouw y en la radio y televisión pública.
Este modelo de prostitución sobrevive en apenas 10 ciudades. “En 2010 había 1500 vitrinas en todo el país. Ahora son 1000. Una de cada tres cerró”, dijo. ¿La causa? Sospechas de criminalidad, denuncias vecinales y proyectos urbanísticos.
“Había mucho dinero del crimen organizado en el negocio de la prostitución. Mucha trata y mucha droga. Las autoridades quieren controlar el comercio del sexo en el país y para ello quieren crear una especie de Ciudad Erótica en las afueras de la capital», afirmó Baars.
Pero el proyecto es muy resistido por la Unión Light Red, el sindicato que agrupa a unas 110 trabajadoras sexuales.
Qué va a pasar con el Barrio Rojo de Ámsterdam
Ámsterdam es mundialmente famosa por ser la capital del sexo y la marihuana.
La prostitución es legal en los Países Bajos. Ámsterdam es conocida por permitir el consumo de marihuana, aunque desde el 2023 está prohibido hacerlo en lugares públicos bajo pena de una multa de 100 euros. Solo se puede fumar cannabis en las terrazas de sus famosos coffeeshops. Los tradicionales canales bordean el Barrio Rojo de Amsterdam (Foto: AP)
La movida del sexo y la droga se concentra en el Barrio Rojo, construido en el siglo XIV. Pero esta zona tradicional de la capital alberga también importantes sitios de interés turístico y cultural, como la Casa de Rembrandt, el Museo y la Mazmorra de Ámsterdam y las figuras de cera de Madame Tussauds. Pero allí también están el Museo Erótico y el de la Marihuana.
Es una zona muy tradicional de calles adoquinadas, bordeadas de canales y árboles y con edificios de ángulos inusuales. Pero tiene una contra cada vez más visible: hay una verdadera invasión de turistas, en especial el conocido como “turismo de borrachera” concentrado en grupos de jóvenes que vienen de fiesta desde otros países europeos.
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“El Barrio Rojo no es el mismo de antes. La famosa zona con muchas vitrinas y mucha droga en la calle ya no existe más. Cada vez hay más tiendas para turistas, restaurantes o coffeshops. Es una especie de centro comercial abierto. Pero todavía es un barrio complicado. Hay muchísimos turistas, en su mayoría borrachos”, contó Baars, quien vivió algunos años en la Argentina.
Por eso, las autoridades quieren trasladar el negocio de la prostitución a las afueras de la ciudad. Allí quieren crear una Ciudad Erótica alejada del centro.
Las prostitutas de Ámsterdam están en guerra contra el traslado del Barrio Rojo
Baars dijo que las autoridades quieren controlar el comercio del sexo y combatir el crimen organizado y la trata de personas. Pero no solo eso. Les preocupa la elevada concentración de turistas.
“Yo, personalmente, prefiero las vitrinas por su visibilidad y el carácter de la ciudad. Con su desaparición habrá más negocios turísticos y eso está destruyendo Ámsterdam”, señaló. Además, expertos temen que el traslado genere clandestinidad en un negocio legalizado.
La “Zona Roja” de Amsterdam está en retirada (Foto: AP)
La alcaldesa, Femke Halsema, propuso trasladar unas 100 vitrinas del centro histórico a las afueras de la capital. La decisión final fue postergada a 2026.
Pero su plan de crear una Ciudad Erótica chocó con el rechazo vehemente del Red Light United, el sindicato que agrupa a 110 trabajadores del sexo del Barrio Rojo de Ámsterdam.
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“Un Centro Erótico es mucho menos seguro para nosotras debido a la menor visibilidad que tienen, ya que sería un edificio cerrado, mientras que actualmente las trabajadoras sexuales son claramente visibles desde sus ventanas. Esta menor visibilidad provocará más abusos como la trata de personas, pero también delitos relacionados con drogas en el barrio y robos callejeros”, afirmó el gremio en un comunicado reciente.
Además, alertó: “No trasladen los problemas, resuelvan los problemas aquí en el Barrio Rojo. Refuercen la vigilancia en el barrio y asegúrense de que estén presentes después del horario de cierre, como antes, para combatir las molestias en el barrio. Asegúrese de que haya suficiente presencia policial y, por fin, tome medidas enérgicas contra los narcotraficantes que aterrorizan nuestro barrio”.
TN intentó contactar a su presidenta, que se hace llamar Felicia Anna, a través de un canal oficial, pero desde el sindicato alertaron que reciben muchos pedidos de entrevistas y que no pueden dar respuestas a todos.
El gremio fue fundado en 2019. Si bien la creencia popular sostiene que hay muchas latinas en la zona roja, “más del 90%” de las trabajadoras sexuales afiliadas son de Europa del este. Las rumanas son el grupo más numeroso: representan el 60%.
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Democrats are hammering Republicans on Epstein, but one senator brushed off the issue years ago
Democrat senator brushed off Epstein files in 2020
Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., who has been critical of the Trump administration’s handling of the Epstein files, previously said in 2020 that the matter was not «front of mind.» (Credit: Firing Line)
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Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., believes it’s «weird» that the Trump administration has not released documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, but at one point, it was the last thing on her mind.
Democrats have searched for an opening to sharpen their messaging against Republicans, and have pounced on the administration and their colleagues across the aisle to release the documents. But Republicans have questioned why their counterparts didn’t have the same energy when former President Joe Biden was in office.
In a recent interview on PBS’ «Firing Line,» Slotkin, who has emerged as a leading voice in the Democratic Party, said that while she did not know what was in the documents, it was odd that President Donald Trump and his administration had not released them.
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Sen. Elissa Slotkin rehearses the Democratic response to President Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress on March 4, 2025, in Wyandotte, Michigan. (Paul Sancya – Pool/Getty Images)
«The president and his allies have created so much anticipation about these files at this point, it’s just weird that they’re not releasing them, right? The president fomented this,» she said.
But nearly five years ago, ahead of Biden’s eventual victory and a Democratic trifecta in Washington, the issue of Epstein was not a priority for the lawmaker, who at the time was in her first term in the House.
In a video from 2020 obtained by Fox News Digital, Slotkin said that diving into the connections between former President Bill Clinton and Epstein were not «front of mind.»
The sentiment came in response to a question about why there had been little mention of allegations that Clinton was in the trove of documents related to Epstein. She argued that there were more pressing issues at the time, like the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the economic fallout spurred by it.
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«In the face of those problems, I will be honest, I don’t spend a ton of time looking into connections between Bill Clinton and other people, because that doesn’t help my constituents every single day, right? And my job is to focus on those issues,» she said.
«I have no special knowledge of those issues, but my job is to focus on the things that affect people’s pocketbooks and their kids, and if I’m not making positive progress towards that, I’m not doing my job,» she continued. «And so, I can’t answer your question, because that’s not where I live and where I focus.»
Fox News Digital reached out to Slotkin for comment for this report but did not hear back.
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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her husband, former president Bill Clinton. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Congressional Democrats, and some Republicans, have pushed for more transparency from the Trump administration on the release of a trove of documents, known as the so-called Epstein files, in a saga that has engulfed Capitol Hill for much of July.
The furor in Congress stemmed from a Justice Department memo released earlier this month that declared the Epstein case closed, and has not lost steam in the time since.
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Epstein intrigue paralyzed the House, causing House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., to send lawmakers home early as a bipartisan swell grew to uncover the documents.
The Senate has been less chaotic. Still, Senate Democrats have ramped up their messaging against the administration, while many Senate Republicans would prefer to focus their attention elsewhere.
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Wildfires that have harassed Turkey for weeks are now threatening the country’s fourth-largest city on Sunday, forcing 1,700 evacuations and leaving another firefighter dead.
Fires surround the city of Bursa in Turkey’s northwest, with the government saying it has evacuated 1,765 people and deployed roughly 1,900 firefighters to combat the blaze. The conflagration has so far scorched over 7,000 acres and claimed the life of at least one firefighter, who had a heart attack on the scene.
Forestry Minister Ibrahim Yumakli said fire crews across the country confronted 84 separate blazes Saturday. The country’s northwest was under the greatest threat, including Karabuk, where wildfires have burned since Tuesday, he said.
The General Directorate of Meteorology said Turkey recorded its highest ever temperature of 122.9 degrees Fahrenheit in the southeastern Sirnak province on Friday.
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A wildfire rages across a forested area near Cavuslar village, in Karabuk district, northwest Turkey, Wednesday, July 23, 2025. (Associated Press)
Fourteen people have died in recent weeks, including 10 rescue volunteers and forestry workers killed Wednesday in a fire in Eskisehir in western Turkey.
Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunc said late Saturday that prosecutors had investigated fires in 33 provinces since June 26, and that legal action had been taken against 97 suspects.
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Relatives and friends mourn during the funeral of five rescue volunteers killed while battling a wildfire in northwestern Eskisehir province, in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, July 24, 2025. (Associated Press)
The blazes have threatened to cross borders into Turkey’s neighboring countries of Greece and Bulgaria.
Bulgaria’s National Fire Service chief Alexander Djartov said they have enlisted the help of European Union partners to combat the fires. He said aircraft were expected from the Czech Republic, Slovakia, France, Hungary and Sweden later Sunday.
Turkish soldiers carry the coffins of five rescue volunteers killed while battling a wildfire in northwestern Eskisehir province, in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, July 24, 2025. (Associated Press)
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Turkey says it has used the military to reinforce beleaguered firefighters in many areas.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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