Summary
Two Democratic Senators, Adam Schiff and Tim Kaine, want the Senate to vote on limiting President Trump's power to carry out military actions. This follows U.S. military strikes on suspected drug traffickers' boats from Venezuela. They argue that Congress has not approved these actions, and there is not enough proof for the attacks.
Key Facts
- U.S. Senator Adam Schiff and Tim Kaine are pushing for a Senate vote to limit President Trump's military actions.
- The push for the vote comes after U.S. military strikes on Venezuelan boats suspected of smuggling drugs.
- Schiff and Kaine claim the White House has not shown evidence to justify the attacks.
- The strikes have resulted in 21 deaths, but the identities of those killed have not been disclosed.
- Venezuelan officials say some of the people killed were not members of criminal gangs.
- The Trump administration claims the strikes are legal, seeing drug traffickers as military threats.
- Congressional Democrats have asked the Trump administration for legal explanations but have not received a response.
- The planned Senate vote faces uncertainty, with limited Republican support, although Senator Rand Paul is in favor of war powers limits.