This shift follows repeated efforts by Democrats to restrict Trump’s war powers across both congressional chambers, a movement that has increasingly garnered Republican backing.

The adoption of the War Powers Resolution underscores mounting friction within the legislature over the administration’s policies.

administration and the commander-in-chief right now the ability to negotiate. That’s what this does. It, it weakens us, our position, and our leverage in negotiation on the peace in that situation. ‘Operation Epic Fury’ is concluded,” Johnson told CNN on Wednesday.

Johnson maintained that the administration’s military targets within Iran were “well defined” and “achieved”, despite ongoing demands from various lawmakers for comprehensive operational briefings.

“The president is now in the process of, of concluding a peace agreement, and we have to allow him the latitude to do that, and I think a war powers resolution right now is very untimely, and a very, very negative, and dangerous thing for the country,” he said to CNN.

Meanwhile, a joint statutory probe into the military campaign has been initiated by inspectors general from the Pentagon, the State Department, and USAID.

The watchdogs issued a statement on Wednesday noting their legal obligation to investigate any overseas deployment exceeding 60 days.

This intervention indicates that oversight authorities view the conflict as having officially crossed the 60-day threshold since its initiation on February 28.

Under the War Powers Act, a president cannot sustain armed forces in active combat beyond 60 days without legislative consent.

The White House did not secure congressional authorisation for its military intervention, codenamed Operation Epic Fury.

Commenting on the statutory timeline last month, US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth stated that it was his understanding that the 60-day restriction on the conflict “reset” when President Donald Trump declared a ceasefire in April. (ANI)