Senate Defeats Bid to Direct Trump to End Iran War or Seek Approval
The vote came as a growing number of Republicans have broken from President Trump on the conflict, reflecting voters’ concerns ahead of midterm elections.
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The vote came as a growing number of Republicans have broken from President Trump on the conflict, reflecting voters’ concerns ahead of midterm elections.
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The Senate on Thursday defeated a House-passed resolution directing President Trump to withdraw U.S. troops from the conflict with Iran, despite growing dissatisfaction among GOP senators over President Trump’s handling of the war. Four Republicans joined nearly the entire Senate Democratic caucus for the war powers resolution, which the House passed in July. But the...
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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said in a new interview that he had geared up for an “extreme tail risk” of the U.S. invading his country, comments arriving in the wake of recent trade tensions between Washington and Ottawa. The Canadian leader, in a New York Times interview published Wednesday, was asked about President Trump’s...
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