Senate Advances Bipartisan War Powers Resolution on Venezuela

The U.S. Senate advanced a bipartisan war powers resolution on Thursday aimed at limiting President Donald Trump's military actions in Venezuela, following a U.S. operation that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife in Caracas. The procedural vote passed 52-47, with five Republicans joining all Democrats in support of the measure, which would require congressional authorization for any further U.S. hostilities against Venezuela.

The resolution, led by Democratic Senators Adam Schiff of California and Chuck Schumer of New York and cosponsored by Republicans including Rand Paul of Kentucky and Tim Kaine of Virginia, marks a rare cross-party effort to reassert Congress's authority over military engagements. A final Senate vote is expected later this week and is anticipated to pass easily, though the measure faces significant hurdles in the Republican-controlled House and would likely encounter a presidential veto.

The push comes in the wake of a U.S. military raid on Saturday that removed Maduro from power. U.S. forces conducted air and naval strikes in international waters before executing a nighttime seizure of Maduro in the Venezuelan capital. Maduro and his...