The framing and tone of this is rancid. The NYT is engaging in excuse-making exercises for Republicans who had, and continue to have, extraordinary agency. Instead of holding them to account or even enumerating their options, it launders inaction as fate. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/us/politics/iran-war-powers-congress.html?rsrc=flt&unlocked_article_code=1.ilA.69l0.MweAvzBKq8Wk&smid=url-share