GOP fractures widen over Iran war as Murkowski breaks with party
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Senate Republicans again blocked a Democratic war-powers measure to halt President Trump’s Iran conflict, with Sen. Lisa Murkowski voting against the war for the first time since it began; the 49–50 tally signals growing GOP unease as Democrats press for congressional oversight, while the White House says it already has authority to continue hostilities and a House veto is likely.
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