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By Rodrigo Santos Andrade
Why Trump doesn’t need Congress to go to war
visibility comment0 event January 21, 2026 timer 18:45
Congress hasn’t officially declared war since World War II, but presidents have used a string of legal loopholes for military action without going to Congress.
CNN Chief Domestic Correspondent Phil Mattingly explains.
0:00 History of US war authorization
1:00 Who has the power to send US troops to war?
2:11 The War Powers Resolution of 1973
3:07 Presidential loopholes to mobilizing US troops
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