Friday marks the expiration of a 60-day deadline under the US War Powers Resolution requiring President Donald Trump to obtain congressional authorization to continue military action against Iran. Multiple reports say Trump tells Congress that hostilities “have terminated,” arguing that the War Powers law is unconstitutional. The White House states that combat operations against Iran have ceased, and points to a ceasefire reached in early April as evidence that the conflict is already over. According to the reports, this declaration is also framed as a way to reset the legal timeline for presidential military authority, effectively making the previous period of action tied to the War Powers clock less determinative. One outlet reports that the ceasefire timing is used to support the position that further congressional authorization is not required because active hostilities have stopped. The other report likewise describes the administration’s announcement that hostilities with Tehran end, noting that it occurs without a new congressional mandate.