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House Republicans cancel Iran war powers vote
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House Republicans cancel Iran war powers vote

House Republicans pulled a scheduled vote on a war powers resolution that would have ended the US war with Iran — a move widely read as rescuing Trump from a rare congressional rebuke. The cancellation signals eroding Republican support for the conflict, with a fresh poll showing 60 percent of Americans now oppose the war.

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