Congressional Democrats will force a vote on a war powers resolution relating to Iran next week, Democratic leadership announced Thursday, as President Donald Trump engages in a massive military buildup in the region. The resolution would limit Trump’s ability to conduct military action there.

Reps. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., and Thomas Massie, R-Ky., have introduced a measure known as a war powers resolution that would compel the administration to seek congressional approval before engaging in any further activity in Iran. Congress has the sole authority to declare war under the U.S. Constitution, though that authority has been stretched in recent years by the executive branch.

“As soon as Congress reconvenes next week, we will compel a vote of the full House of Representatives on the bipartisan Khanna-Massie War Powers resolution,” the Democratic leaders led by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said in a statement.

“The Iranian regime is brutal and destabilizing, seen most recently in the killing of thousands of protestors,” the statement read. “However, undertaking a war of choice in the Middle East, without a full understanding of all the attendant risks to our servicemembers and to escalation, is reckless.”

The war powers resolution would also need to be approved by the Senate if it is passed by the House. But passage from the House is far from a guaranteed outcome as bipartisan lawmakers have recently lined up against the resolution.

Reps. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., and Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., released a statement last week opposing the measure, citing concerns about Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities.

“We respect and defend Congress’s constitutional role in matters of war. Oversight and debate are absolutely vital,” the pair wrote. “However, this resolution would restrict the flexibility needed to respond to real and evolving threats and risks, signaling weakness at a dangerous moment.”

Trump has overseen a massive military buildup in the Middle East and has threatened strikes against Iran. His administration is also negotiating with Tehran over the country’s nuclear program. The two countries held a third round of talks in Geneva on Thursday.

Omani Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi in a post on X described the day’s negotiations as having made “significant progress.” He said that technical discussions will continue next week in Vienna and that the principals would reconvene “soon after consultation in the respective capitals.”

The president said during his State of the Union address Tuesday that he prefers to resolve the Iran situation diplomatically but did not take military force off the table.

“I will never allow the world’s No. 1 sponsor of terror, which they are by far, to have a nuclear weapon,” Trump said.

Airbus said Thursday it expects to deliver 870 commercial aircraft in 2026, slightly fewer than the roughly 880 analysts had expected. It comes as pressure is building for the European planemaker, with U.S. rival Boeing showing signs of recovery after years of crisis, which has benefited Airbus.

The sentiment around Airbus has turned markedly more sour since the beginning of the year, UBS analyst Ian Douglas-Pennant said ahead of the full-year report published early Thursday.

“Whilst we recognise the drivers of the sentiment shift, and now model 880 aircraft deliveries in 2026 against 905 previously, we also now see risks skewed to the upside at Q4 results,” Douglas-Pennant said.

Airbus delivered 793 commercial aircraft last year, slightly beating its revised target of 790. The company had cut its earlier goal of 820, citing supplier quality issues involving fuselage panels that affected deliveries of its A320 family.

Barclays analysts described the disruption as a “temporary execution setback” and said the “long-term ramp” remained “intact.”

Airbus has enjoyed a strong momentum over the past few years as rival Boeing has been battling a crisis over design and production issues for its best-selling narrowbody plane, the 737 Max. 

Deliveries are a closely watched metric as planemakers receive the bulk of the payment for an aircraft when it’s handed over to the customer. 

Airbus delivered 193 more planes than Boeing in 2025 but Boeing received more orders for the first time since 2018.

Airbus reported early Thursday adjusted earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) of 2.98 billion euros in the fourth quarter, beating estimates of 2.87 billion from a company-provided consensus poll. Revenues totaled 25.98 billion euros, slightly below the 26.5 billion euros expected.

For the full year, EBIT totaled 7.13 billion euros, on revenue of 73.4 billion euros.

Looking ahead, Airbus said it expects adjusted EBIT of around 7.5 billion euros and free cash flow before customer financing of about 4.5 billion euros in 2026, alongside its target of around 870 commercial aircraft deliveries.

— CNBC’s Lee Ying Shan contributed to this report.