Senateâs latest effort to halt Trumpâs Iran hostilities fails in 49-50 vote as some Republicans side with Democrats â as it happened
Republicans senators Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski and Rand Paul voted in favor of the motion to prevent Trump from continuing hostilities against Iran. This blog is now closed. Meanwhile, the latest attempt by Congress to rein-in president Donald Trumpâs attacks in the Middle East failed in the Senate on Thursday. The war powers resolution failed in a 49-50 vote. Democratic senator John Fetterman voted with Republicans to sink the measure. But notably, Republicans senators Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski and Rand Paul voted in favor of the motion to prevent Trump from continuing hostilities against Iran. Mitch McConnell was absent for the vote as he recovers from a June fall and has not received clearance to return to work. This concludes our live coverage of the second Trump administration for the day. Here are the latest developments: Donald Trump threatened to âtemporarilyâ pull the nomination of Todd Blanche to be attorney general, and keep him in the role in an acting capacity until two Republican senators who want Blanche to agree in writing to drop a $1.776bn slush fund for Trump supporters, and limit tax audit immunity for Trumpâs family. The US Senate narrowly rejec
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