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Day 52 of the DHS shutdown: the House is back from Easter recess, the Senate bill still waits for a vote, and the Problem Solvers Caucus is pitching a compromise nobody has agreed to.
Trump extended the Iran deadline to Tuesday 8 PM ET, threatened to bomb power plants and bridges, floated seizing Iran's oil, and a legal expert called the power plant threat flatly illegal.
Legal scholar Tess Bridgeman says targeting Iran's power grid violates international humanitarian law — an argument the White House has not addressed.
The Iran war entered Day 37 today, leaving 23 days until the War Powers Act's 60-day deadline forces a congressional vote -- or the law becomes a dead letter again.
Five days after oral arguments in Trump v. Barbara, the court's skepticism was bipartisan enough that SCOTUSblog called a ruling against the administration the likely outcome.