The Senate rejected a resolution to stop U.S. strikes on Iran.

That's where we're starting the seven from the Washington Post.

I'm Hannah Jewell. It's Thursday, March 5th.

Let's get you caught up with today's seven stories.

President Donald Trump launched strikes against Iran last weekend without the consent of Congress.

Yesterday, for the eighth time since June, Congress failed to advance a war powers resolution

that would have forced Trump to stop the strikes. One Republican,

Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, voted for it. One Democrat, John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, voted against.

Meanwhile, the expanding conflict shows no signs of stopping. At a briefing yesterday,

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said U.S. and Israeli

forces will obtain complete control of Iranian skies within days and said they will soon begin

another massive air assault dropping 500,000-pound bombs on targets.

We're playing for keeps.

Our warfighters have maximum authorities granted personally by the president and yours truly.

Our rules of engagement are bold, precise, and designed to unleash American power, not shackle it.

This was never meant to be a fair fight, and it is not a fair fight.

We are punching them while they're down, which is exactly how it should be.

The fallout from the war extends far beyond the Middle East.

Hegeseth said yesterday, a U.S. submarine sank an Iranian warship in

international waters off the coast of Sri Lanka, and countries across Europe and Asia are facing

a potential energy crisis after an Iranian drone strike shut down Qatar's exports of liquefied natural

gas this week.

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