DEC. 8, 1941 -- WASHINGTON -- (AP) -- The United States, through its Congress, declared war Monday on Japan. Overwhelmingly, and with the greatest unity shown in many a day on Capitol Hill, the Senate ...

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Roosevelt addressed Congress and asked it to declare war on Japan. Prior to waging regime-change wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, George W. Bush sought and secured authorizations to use military force.

Presidents James Monroe and Theodore Roosevelt helped shape a policy that rationalizes U.S. intervention in Latin America and ...

This law stipulates that the president may use military force overseas for a maximum of 60 days without congressional ...

Asian Americans have drawn parallels between today’s attacks on Latinos and a historically exclusive immigration policy that ...

As President Trump threatens Iran, Venezuela, Mexico, Greenland and more, renowned historian Alfred McCoy says the United States is “an empire in decline,” following a predictable pattern of ...

The 1973 War Powers Resolution is being revived, and bipartisan congressional pressures may eventually limit President Donald Trump’s overseas adventures.

A soldier from Delaware has been accounted for decades after he was reportedly killed while a prisoner of war in the ...

On January 8, the United States Senate narrowly supported a procedural vote to move forward a war powers resolution, limiting ...

Even more likely than an all-out invasion of Taiwan may be “gray zone” pressures, such as cutting internet cables.