Friday marks a significant moment in the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, with President Donald Trump facing a key deadline to end the fighting or extend it under the War Powers Resolution. But after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth asserted an ongoing ceasefire “pauses” the countdown toward that May 1 deadline — and as Congress begins a week-long recess — it’s unclear how the White House will address repeated demands by congressional Democrats that it halt the war.
