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The U.S. Senate rejects the War Powers Resolution by a 52–47 vote in the fourth Democratic-led attempt to stop hostilities until they are authorized by the U.S. Congress.
2026-04-15

Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni announces that Italy is suspending the automatic renewal of an agreement with Israel on exchanging military equipment and technology "in view of the current situation."
2026-04-14

U.S. National Counterterrorism Center director Joe Kent resigns in protest of the war with Iran, saying that "Iran posed ​no ​imminent ⁠threat to our ⁠nation" and alleged the U.S. entered into the war due to pressure from Israel and its American lobby.
2026-03-17

The United Nations Security Council approves a resolution condemning Iran's attacks on the Gulf Cooperation Council states and Jordan. The text, presented by Bahrain and co-sponsored by 135 countries, is passed with 13 votes in favor and the abstentions of Russia and China.
2026-03-11

Police in Moscow, Russia, detain Iranian nationals who celebrated the killing of former supreme leader Ali Khamenei in public.
2026-03-6

The United States Senate rejects a War Powers Resolution that would check president Donald Trump's power in the Iran war, making it the first vote on the conflict in U.S. Congress.
2026-03-4

Republican leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives launch an investigation into the Obama administration's decision in 2010 to allow Rosatom to purchase Canada-based Uranium One.
2017-10-24

The U.S. House of Representatives votes in favor of economic sanctions against Russia for its interference in the 2016 U.S. election, and against Iran and North Korea for their weapons programs.
2017-07-25

The Republican Party-controlled U.S. House of Representatives votes to raise the government's borrowing limit for the next year, without attaching conditions, and sends the measure to the Senate for approval.
2014-02-11

The U.S. House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to end a Jackson–Vanik amendment, long-standing trade restriction with Russia. Also Magnitsky Law was adopted instead, it requires the United States to place financial and visa restrictions on a list of officials associated with the torture and death, three years ago, of Sergei Magnitsky. ([https:--www.washingtonpost.com-world-europe-russia-chafes-as-house-passes-magnitsky-bill-2012-11-16-b589e544-300f-11e2-a30e-5ca76eeec857_story.html Washington Post])
2012-11-16