US President Donald Trump sent letters to members of Congress on Friday (May 1), claiming that the War Powers Act did not apply because a ceasefire was currently underway . He was referring to a 1973 US law that mandates presidents to withdraw troops within 60 days if they were deployed without Congressional clearance. Trump’s letters to House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate President pro tempore Chuck Grassley reiterated the administration’s line that the April 7 ceasefire had effectively stopped that clock. “On April 7, 2026, I ordered a two-week ceasefire. The ceasefire has since been extended. There has been no exchange of fire between the United States Forces and Iran since April 7, 2026. The hostilities that began on February 28, 2026, have terminated,” Trump wrote in the letters.…