GOP blocks Booker-led push to curb Trump's military authority in Iran
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Senate Republicans blocked yet another bid by Senate Democrats to handcuff President Donald Trump's war authority in Iran in what could be an avalanche of similar moves to break through the GOP's floor takeover.
Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., triggered one of several war powers resolutions Senate Democrats have tucked away in their bid to compel Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to testify publicly about Trump's war in Iran.
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