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• Senate Republicans block war powers resolution to end US-Iran conflict — Senate Republicans voted down a House-passed war powers resolution on Thursday, September 25, 2026, that sought to end the US military conflict with Iran. The measure failed 49-50, despite bipartisan House passage and support from four Republican senators (Tillis, Murkowski, Paul, Collins). The conflict had reached 200 days with 19 US service members killed and over 750 injured. Democrats, led by Chuck Schumer and Andy Kim, invoked the War Powers Resolution to force the vote. The defeat marks the latest in a series of failed Democratic attempts to end the war since Trump ordered military strikes in late February 2026.

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• Ketanji Brown Jackson criticizes Supreme Court's emergency docket practices in public speech — Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson delivered remarks at the University of the District of Columbia's law school, expressing concern that the Supreme Court's use of the "shadow docket" or emergency docket undermines public faith in the judiciary. She stated the practice risks becoming "an end-run around the standard review process" and noted that while the Court has begun providing more explanation for emergency rulings, it still falls short of full merit-docket review. Her comments came hours after the Trump administration filed another emergency request seeking to allow deportations to countries other than immigrants' home nations.

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• Senators Warren and Blumenthal demand DOJ clarification on Adani case dismissal — Senators Elizabeth Warren and Richard Blumenthal sent a letter to Attorney General Todd Blanche on September 24, 2026, demanding answers about the DOJ's decision to drop the Adani case. The senators requested information about Adani's $10 billion investment offer, the involvement of Trump associates Boris Epshteyn and Donald Trump Jr, and whether DOJ employees had contact with Trump's personal lawyers regarding the case. They demanded responses by October 5, 2026.

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• Republican senator calls for Senate investigation of Trump Jr wedding funded by Russian oligarch — John Curtis, a Republican senator from Utah, wrote to Senate Judiciary Committee leaders on Tuesday demanding a subpoena of Donald Trump Jr over his business dealings, foreign relationships, and gifts received—specifically citing ProPublica reporting that Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev, a Putin ally, helped fund Trump Jr's May wedding in the Bahamas. Curtis characterized the oligarch's payment as "corruption" and called for the same investigative rigor Republicans applied to Hunter Biden's foreign dealings.

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• Speaker Johnson defended Trump's Iran war as "operation" not war — Speaker Mike Johnson, when asked at what point Congress should step in to address the Iran war, responded that the administration does not consider it an ongoing war but rather an "operation—Operation Epic Fury, which was an epic success." Johnson stated "I don't think we need liberal Marxist Democrats in Congress trying to tell the commander in chief what to do with the military right now," dismissing congressional oversight of military operations.

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• State Department stonewalling GAO investigation into Venezuelan oil revenues — The State Department has stonewalled efforts to determine how much oil money Washington has collected from Venezuela, failing to engage with the Government Accountability Office (GAO), an independent spending watchdog investigating Venezuelan oil revenues since July, and refusing to share audit reports with Congress. Nine months after the U.S. asserted control over Venezuela's oil exports, the administration has not disclosed how much money it collected or how much was returned to the interim government in Caracas. In April, the State Department said accounts holding the money were being audited by KPMG and would share reports with Congress, but has not done so. Top Democrats, including Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX), have threatened to issue subpoenas and requested KPMG reports by October 8.