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A bipartisan group of Senators on Friday took steps to block President Donald Trump from "engag[ing] in hostilities" in Venezuela under a War Powers Resolution following another strike off the coast of the South American nation this week.

The resolution looked to remind Trump that only Congress has the "sole power to declare war" after the president on Wednesday said he was considering land operations and had authorized CIA operations there.

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has responded to the U.S. anti-drug cartel attacks off their shores by launching military exercises and deploying thousands of troops near the Colombian border first starting in August, according to reports.

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