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Trump touts advancement successful Iran atomic negotiations arsenic Senate rejects warfare powers vote
Chief overseas analogous Trey Yingst reports President Donald Trump has declared Iran’s subject capabilities are crippled, attributing it to nan U.S. Armed Forces, while method discussions for atomic negotiations are group to resume. Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., criticizes Democratic efforts to undermine Trump’s Middle East diplomacy, pursuing nan Senate's rejection of a warfare powers measure.
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Senate Republicans, contempt a mounting decease toll, surging power prices and increasing uncertainty, batted down different effort by Democrats to handcuff President Donald Trump successful his warfare pinch Iran.
Democrats pulled nan trigger connected yet different war powers resolution, nan first since Trump resumed strikes successful nan Middle East, and were again unsuccessful successful convincing capable Republicans to unit nan management to get authorization from Congress.
Thursday’s warfare powers solution was forced by Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., who based on that, "the main point is that we request to proceed to clasp senators of some parties accountable for ending this senseless war."
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President Donald Trump speaks during a gathering pinch Prime Minister of Iraq Ali al-Zaidi successful nan Oval Office of nan White House successful Washington, DC, connected July 14, 2026. (SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)
"You know, President Trump said that we won nan warfare backmost successful March," Van Hollen said. "And nan mobility we've sewage is: If we won nan warfare successful March, really is it that American work members are still being killed and state prices are going done nan tile again?"
Van Hollen, and astir each azygous Senate Democrat — prevention for Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., who has routinely voted against war powers resolutions — only managed to carve disconnected 1 Republican, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, successful their pursuit of reining successful Trump.
Sens. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Rand Paul, R-Ky., who person routinely voted pinch Democrats connected warfare powers, did not vote.
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Whether nan solution would beryllium successful remained up successful nan aerial until moments earlier nan vote.
Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., who antecedently acted arsenic nan decisive ballot to beforehand a warfare powers solution past month, was again nan cardinal chaotic paper connected Thursday. But conscionable earlier nan siren sounded to unfastened nan ballot successful nan Senate, Cassidy revealed he would reason Van Hollen’s effort.
"I americium going to reason nan War Powers resolution," Cassidy said. "I deliberation it's impractical to, like, retreat tomorrow."
The Senate’s grounded effort comes aft Democrats successful nan House scored a triumph against Trump, wherever they carved disconnected conscionable capable Republican support to walk their ain warfare powers resolution.
4 HOUSE REPUBLICANS REBEL AGAINST TRUMP, VOTE WITH DEMS TO BLOCK IRAN WAR POWERS
U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) arrives for a gathering pinch Senate Republicans successful nan U.S. Capitol connected June 28, 2025 successful Washington, DC. Senate Republicans overnight released a caller type of nan "One, Big, Beautiful Bill," arsenic they attack U.S. President Donald Trump's July 4 deadline. (Photo by Al Drago/Getty Images)
In arguing against nan move, Sen. Tim Sheehy, R-Mont., urged Senate Democrats to admit the dangers that Iran posed to nan U.S., and to nan work members overseas.
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"They want each of america dead. They don't want america to vanish pinch nan threat of a finger," Sheehy said connected nan Senate floor. "They want america to beryllium raped, burned alive, and trim into pieces. Watch nan video from October 7th."
"That's what they want to happen," he continued. "From Maine to San Diego, from Seattle to Miami, they want this state turned into a burning husk of its erstwhile self."
Alex Miller is simply a writer for Fox News Digital covering nan U.S. Senate.
