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Senate for first time approves a war powers resolution in a rebuke to Trump over Iran conflict (Lisa Mascaro/Associated Press)
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The Senate voted Tuesday to block Donald Trump from resuming the war with Iran,
setting up a potentially contentious fight with the White House.

The Senate passed the resolution 50-48, with four Republicans joining Democrats to support the measure.
Two Republican senators
— Mitch McConnell (Kentucky) and Dave McCormick (Pennsylvania)
— missed the vote, allowing the measure to pass.

Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine),
Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana),
Lis…

Senate votes to block Trump from resuming Iran war
The Senate passed the first war powers resolution since the start of the Iran conflict, but Republicans argue it does not have the force of law.

House Republicans on Thursday abruptly canceled a vote on a resolution directing Trump to withdraw U.S. forces from Iran or win approval from Congress to continue the war,
after it became clear they lacked the votes to defeat the measure.
The retreat was a striking setback that exposed fractures within the G.O.P. over the conflict at a moment when the party has begun pushing back forcefully on Trump and his agenda.
It also marked the latest embarrassing blow to Speaker Mike…

GOP Pulls Measure on Trump’s War Powers in Iran, Lacking Votes to Defeat It
House Republican leaders abruptly scrapped a planned vote on a measure to direct President Trump to end the conflict or win authorization for it, amid party defections and absences.

Trump has taken the war with Iran into a new, murkier phase as the two sides move further and further from the vague memorandum of understanding(MoU) signed on 17 June.
And as during the opening phase of the conflict, the US leader’s objectives and methods are clouded in confusion, daily U-turns and boasts that within hours are revealed to be false.
Washington’s short-term aim is clear enough – to regain control of the strait of Hormuz from Iran – and the president seems willing …

Chaos and confusion bring US no closer to resolution on strait of Hormuz
Five months of U-turns and false boasts leave Donald Trump in worse position than when he started

The Senate on Wednesday rejected the seventh attempt by Democrats to force an end to American involvement in the war on Iran,
even as the ranks of Republicans opposed to Donald Trump’s strategy grew by one.
The war powers resolution proposed by Jeff Merkley, a Democratic senator from Oregon, failed in a 49-50 vote.
All Democratswith the exception of John Fetterman of Pennsylvania supported its advancement.
Since the conflict began in February, Democrats have repeatedly…

Senate Democrats on Tuesday blocked the advancement of a must-pass defense bill in protest of Donald Trump’s resumption of hostilities with Iran.
The hold up of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) comes amid the fiercest exchange in fire between the countries in weeks,
which has amplified frustration among Democrats that the US remains involved in the conflict despite the passage last month of a war powers resolution intended to force a ceasefire.
Chuck Schumer, t…

Senate Democrats block advancement of defense bill to protest Trump’s hostilities with Iran
Chuck Schumer says Republicans are ‘ignoring the nation’s most urgent national security crisis’ amid US exchange of fire with Iran