{
  "question": "Was today a war in the US?",
  "url": "https://was.today/a-war-in-the-us",
  "verdict": "no",
  "headline": "NO",
  "answer": "No — the last time Congress declared war was June 5, 1942, against Romania.",
  "details": [
    "Congress has declared war 11 times, across five wars",
    "Last declaration: June 5, 1942, against Romania",
    "October 27 holds no US war declaration in the records"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Wikipedia: October 27",
      "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_27"
    },
    {
      "title": "Barro Colorado Island",
      "url": "https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/events/law_national_security/3.pdf#9#13#9"
    },
    {
      "title": "There is a striking similarity of language in the eight declarations of war passed by the Congress in the twentieth century",
      "url": "https://www.mit.edu/afs/sipb/contrib/wikileaks-crs/wikileaks-crs-reports/RL31133.pdf#2#15#2"
    },
    {
      "title": "<table><tr><td>1812—Great Britain</td><td>Madison asked June 1, 1812. House passed on June 4, 1812 (79-49)",
      "url": "https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/RL/PDF/RL31133/RL31133.17.pdf#2#18#2"
    }
  ],
  "date": "2026-10-27",
  "place": null,
  "permalink": "https://was.today/a-war-in-the-us/2026-10-27",
  "scope": "global",
  "volatile": false,
  "generatedAt": "2026-10-27T08:53:09.278Z"
}