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In this photo released by Pakistan Prime Minister Office, Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian, left, shakes hands with Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif during a welcome ceremony in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Tuesday, June 23, 2026.
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The Senate for the first time has approved a war powers resolution seeking to block U.S. military action against Iran. The rebuke on Tuesday came as lawmakers warily watch President Donald Trump’s efforts to resolve a conflict that the administration launched on its own and now needs Congress to fund. Iran's president is in Pakistan to talk with mediators as negotiations between Tehran and Washington proceed. Meanwhile, the Pentagon is asking senators for another $80 billion, mostly to cover war costs. Trump is drawing attention to the economy by visiting a Mack Truck facility Pennsylvania.
The Senate for the first time has approved a war powers resolution to block U.S. military action against Iran. Tuesday's vote comes as lawmakers warily watch President Donald Trump’s efforts to resolve the conflict. It was the 10th time the Senate has tried to advance a war powers resolution. But a growing number of Republican lawmakers in both the House and Senate have expressed their concerns over both the war and the deal Trump struck with Iran to end it. It comes as the Pentagon is seeking $80 billion from Congress mostly for the Iran war as it backfills munitions and stockpiles. Trump called the vote “poorly timed and meaningless.”
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