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Senators Move to Bar Trump Troops to Cuba

5/21/2026

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  • Senators Tim Kaine, Adam Schiff and Ruben Gallego filed a War Powers Resolution on May 20, 2026 to bar President Donald Trump from deploying troops to Cuba.
  • The pending resolution seeks to bar armed-force action in Cuba after Trump’s repeated troop-deployment statements and Southern Command’s draft plans despite no clear threat.
  • Trump’s fuel blockade has caused outages and further strained Cuba’s economy.
  • A resolution was rejected 51-47 by the Senate last month.