Today's five.

Four Republican senators voted with Democrats to pass a War Powers Resolution directing Trump to end hostilities with Iran or get Congress on board — and Trump responded by calling them "Four Republican Losers" on Truth Social at night, which is a very specific kind of presidential. The resolution passed 50-48 and doesn't require his signature, and its legal enforceability is, to put it charitably, contested. Ohio Capital Journal noted it's the first time both chambers have agreed on a rebuke; Time focused on the ongoing peace negotiations Trump says he'll complete "one way or the other." The resolution may be symbolic. Trump's reaction definitely was.

Congress Voted to End the Iran War Three Months After It Ended

The war powers resolution passed the Senate on the tenth try, which is a sentence that contains everything you need to know about Congress. Both chambers voted to end the U.S. conflict with Iran — a conflict that already has a ceasefire and a peace memorandum — and Trump still called it "poorly timed and meaningless," which is almost correct. Reason focused on the antiwar advocates claiming the vote still matters symbolically. The BBC noted it got under Trump's skin anyway. Meanwhile, the White House separately asked Congress for $88 billion to pay for the war it just had.

Scaffolding and a mystery tarp appeared over the Kennedy Center's entrance — covering the spot where both Kennedy's and Trump's names were displayed — and a federal judge decided that was worth an explanation. Judge Christopher R. Cooper ordered the Center to file a status report on its operations, programming, and yes, specifically the tarp. This comes on top of a previous directive asking about construction plans and public access. Texas Public Radio noted the underlying awkwardness: most of the staff is gone and many booked artists have moved on. A judge asking what shows you're planning when you don't have shows is a particular kind of uncomfortable.

Two earthquakes — 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude, 39 seconds apart — hit Venezuela Wednesday evening, and the country is still counting what it lost. At least 32 people are dead and 700 injured, with those numbers explicitly not including casualties from La Guaira, the coastal state north of Caracas that acting President Delcy Rodríguez called a "true tragedy" and a "disaster zone." Caracas took serious damage. The capital's main airport is among the structures hit. A state of emergency is in effect. Rescue crews are still working through collapsed buildings, which is why Rodríguez said the toll was expected to rise.

Some Florida lobbying firms are simultaneously representing governments trying to clean up PFAS contamination and the industries that caused it, which is the kind of thing that sounds illegal until you remember it's just Tuesday in Tallahassee. PFAS — the "forever chemicals" linked to cancer — have turned up across Florida, including some of the worst levels in the country at Gemini Springs in Volusia County. The Florida Legislature, not historically known for its pollution sensitivity, apparently finds even this too much. Scientists at UF did the testing. The lobbyists are doing everything else.