Source: Washington Post
“Republican senators on Thursday voted down a bipartisan measure that sought to block President Donald Trump from attacking Venezuelan territory, the GOP’s latest show of deference to his expansive use of military force in Latin America. The resolution failed 51-49, with only two Republicans — Sen. Rand Paul (Kentucky) and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) — supporting it. Ahead of the vote, the administration made a concerted push to reassure potential GOP defectors, walking back Trump’s repeated threats of escalation and sharing with them more details about its aggressive activities to [distract from the Epstein files by pretending to] disrupt the Latin American drug trade.” [editor’s note: Unless Congress declares war, such attacks are illegal in any case; “we’re not going to vote to mention it’s illegal” doesn’t make it illegal – TLK] (11/06/25)