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DSR Daily March 5: Senate REFUSES to Reign in Trump’s War Powers

The DSR Network

Chris Cotnoir

Government

4.51.9K Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2026

⏱️ 22 minutes

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On the DSR Daily for Thursday, we discuss the Senate rejecting a measure to require congressional authorization for the war in Iran, Trump considering firing Kristi Noem, Minnesota suing the administration over Medicaid funding, and more.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:59.7

Hello and welcome to the DSR Daily. I'm David Rothkoff, joined by Riley Fessler, Minna Stein.

1:05.5

We're here to give you a rundown, a quick rundown, ready to help you with your day by helping us understand what's going on in the world, and Minna is going to kick us off.

1:10.7

Iran fired a large wave of missiles at Israel forcing millions into bomb shelters as the

1:15.7

U.S. Israel War with Iran entered its sixth day and continued to expand across the Middle East.

1:21.8

In Washington, the U.S. Senate rejected a measure that would have required congressional authorization

1:26.6

of the war, leaving

1:28.0

President Trump with broad authority to continue the military campaign.

1:32.4

The conflict is disrupting global oil shipping, rattling markets, and intensifying uncertainty

1:37.3

in Iran as it prepares to choose a successor to the slain supreme leader.

1:43.3

Yeah.

1:54.0

Look, folks, I think it's becoming clearer and clearer to people around the world that this was a really, really, ill-considered bad move on the part of the United States goaded into it by Bibi Netanyahu and the Israelis.

2:03.6

The consequences of these strikes are vastly beyond anything that Trump and the people around Trump considered.

2:15.6

Whether it's the consequences for financial markets, the consequences

2:19.8

for regional stability, the consequences for triggering an arms race, the consequences for

2:26.7

potentially ratcheting up terrorism around the world, the consequences for our alliances,

2:33.0

which are deeply strained by division on this, and the consequences for our alliances, which are deeply strained by division on this, and the consequences

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