The US Senate issued a rare rebuke of Donald Trump on Thursday when a majority of lawmakers, including five Republicans, voted to advance legislation to block the president from taking more military action in Venezuela.
The Republican-controlled Senate voted 52-47 to advance the war powers resolution, which would stop the administration from carrying out further military strikes in Venezuela without authorisation from Congress.
The vote on Capitol Hill came five days after Trump ordered an audacious military operation to capture Venezuela’s strongman leader, Nicolás Maduro. The White House did not warn Congress of the strike.
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