Analysis US president required under law to seek lawmakers’ okay for military action lasting over 60 days, which ends May 1, but White House could argue current truce reset the clock WASHINGTON (Reuters) — US President Donald Trump faces a deadline on Friday to end the Iran war or make the case to the US Congress for extending it, but the date is most likely to pass without altering the course of a conflict that has lapsed into a standoff over shipping routes. Ending the war appears highly unlikely. Instead, analysts and US congressional aides said they expect Trump to either notify Congress that he plans a 30-day extension or disregard the deadline, with his administration arguing that a current ceasefire with Tehran marked an end to the conflict.…