Thomas Shelter

Thomas Shelter has been a keen follower of US politics for over two decades. His reporting for Congress.net primarily focuses on legislation, party politics, and business news.

CPAC Gathers in Dallas Without Trump for the First Time in a Decade — and Iran Is the Fault Line

The annual Conservative Political Action Conference wrapped up in Dallas on Saturday with a notable absence at its centre: President Trump skipped the event entirely, breaking a decade-long tradition of closing the conference with a signature rally. His absence comes exactly one month after the United States launched strikes against Iran — a military operation…

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Republican Patience on the Iran War Has a Timer, and the Clock Is Ticking for President Trump

Three weeks of air strikes, thirteen American military deaths, over 230 wounded, and a $200 billion funding request sitting unanswered at the White House — and still no formal congressional vote authorising any of it. The Iran war has entered a phase where the political architecture around it, carefully constructed by the administration through party…

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