Rubio used a wide-ranging press briefing to take direct aim at the War Powers Act, declare Hezbollah an instrument of Iranian foreign policy, and issue a stark warning about the consequences of a nuclear-armed Iran, while defending the administration''s handling of the ongoing Strait of Hormuz crisis." />
WorldPosted at: May 6 2026 3:38PM


Rubio calls war powers act "unconstitutional," labels Hezbollah an Iranian weapon

Washington, May 6 (UNI) With Congressional votes on the horizon challenging the administration's military operations in Iran, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio showed no hesitation and called the War Powers Act flatly unconstitutional, and said "the president always has that power."
Rubio used a wide-ranging press briefing to take direct aim at the War Powers Act, declare Hezbollah an instrument of Iranian foreign policy, and issue a stark warning about the consequences of a nuclear-armed Iran, while defending the administration's handling of the ongoing Strait of Hormuz crisis.
"The War Powers Act is unconstitutional, 100 percent," he declared. "This is not the position of me. It's not the position of the President of the United States now. This is the position that every single president that has occupied this position since the day that law passed."
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