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Trump and Murkowski spar over Venezuela, Greenland

Trump condemned the senators’ vote and said the resolution undermined national security and infringed on his authority as commander in chief.

Trump and Murkowski spar over Venezuela, Greenland
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This article1 analysis · Oct 11, 2026
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Lisa Murkowski criticized talk of U.S. control over Greenland and voted to advance a resolution limiting President Donald Trump’s use of military force in Venezuela without congressional approval. Trump attacked Murkowski and four other Republican senators over the vote.

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Donald Trump
R · President of the United States

President who criticized Republican senators for advancing the war powers resolution and whose administration has called for U.S. control of Greenland

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Lisa Murkowski
R · AK · SEN

Alaska senator who criticized the prospect of U.S. control over Greenland and voted to advance the war powers resolution

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Susan M. Collins
R · ME · SEN

Senator Trump criticized for voting to advance the resolution

Todd Young
R · IN · SEN

Senator Trump criticized for voting to advance the resolution

Josh Hawley
R · MO · SEN

Senator Trump criticized for voting to advance the resolution

Dan Sullivan
R · AK · SEN

Alaska senator who voted against the resolution

Rand Paul
R · KY · SEN

Senator Trump criticized for voting to advance the resolution

ALSO MENTIONED  George H.W. Bush, Former U.S. president cited by Sullivan’s office as an example of presidential military authority; Jens-Frederik Nielsen, Greenland prime minister quoted secondhand by Murkowski; Manuel Noriega, Panamanian leader mentioned in Sullivan’s office’s comparison to the 1989 U.S. invasion; Mette Frederiksen, Denmark prime minister whose position on U.S.-Greenland discussions Murkowski described; Nicolás Maduro, Venezuelan leader captured during the U.S. operation in Caracas

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Trump’s Venezuela Operation Prompts Debate Over Presidential Powers

Outlets agree that President Donald Trump carried out a military operation in Venezuela. They also describe debate over his authority and the consequences of the intervention. Left-leaning outlets juxtapose support for interventionist policy with legal objections and concerns about consequences. Center outlets emphasize Congress’s role in authorizing further military action. Right-leaning outlets frame the Senate vote as a challenge to Trump’s authority, with one article casting the resolution as an impediment and the other stressing Trump’s rebuke of Republican supporters.

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