First Thing: Senate to vote on resolution that would prevent Trump continuing Iran war

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Republicans in the Senate are expected to reject a resolution backed by the Democrats that would prevent Donald Trump from continuing the Iran war, with the majority leader, John Thune, arguing the president was “acting in the best interest of the nation”. The vote on Wednesday will come after Israel and the US intensified their attacks on Iran, launching waves of strikes targeting command and control facilities, strategic state offices and missile launch sites as Trump said he had rejected what he claimed was an attempt by Tehran to restart negotiations. Israel on Wednesday continued to bombard Lebanon, while Iran continued to launch retaliatory strikes at US and Israeli targets. The funeral ceremony was due be held in Tehran for the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Wednesday, state media reported, but was later postponed with no new date provided. Trump attempted to quell a growing anti-Israel backlash in Congress and among his own Maga supporters on Tuesday by denying suggestions he had been pushed into attacking Iran because Israel had already decided to do so. Democrats have condemned Trump for ordering an air campaign against Iran without first seeking permission from Congress. The administration’s rationale for going to war continues to shift, argues the Guardian’s Andrew Roth. The president has also said “there will likely be more” US service members killed before the war ends, as the US Department of Defense on Tuesday identified four of the six American soldiers killed on Sunday during a drone strike on a US base in Kuwait. According to the Iranian Red Crescent, at least 787 people have been killed in Iran since Saturday, while Israeli strikes on Lebanon have displaced at least 30,000 people, the UN estimates.

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Republicans in the Senate are expected to reject a resolution backed by the Democrats that would prevent Donald Trump from continuing the Iran war, with the majority leader, John Thune, arguing the president was “acting in the best interest of the nation”.

The vote on Wednesday will come after Israel and the US intensified their attacks on Iran, launching waves of strikes targeting command and control facilities, strategic state offices and missile launch sites as Trump said he had rejected what he claimed was an attempt by Tehran to restart negotiations.

Israel on Wednesday continued to bombard Lebanon, while Iran continued to launch retaliatory strikes at US and Israeli targets. The funeral ceremony was due be held in Tehran for the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Wednesday, state media reported, but was later postponed with no new date provided.

Trump attempted to quell a growing anti-Israel backlash in Congress and among his own Maga supporters on Tuesday by denying suggestions he had been pushed into attacking Iran because Israel had already decided to do so. Democrats have condemned Trump for ordering an air campaign against Iran without first seeking permission from Congress. The administration’s rationale for going to war continues to shift, argues the Guardian’s Andrew Roth.

The president has also said “there will likely be more” US service members killed before the war ends, as the US Department of Defense on Tuesday identified four of the six American soldiers killed on Sunday during a drone strike on a US base in Kuwait.

According to the Iranian Red Crescent, at least 787 people have been killed in Iran since Saturday, while Israeli strikes on Lebanon have displaced at least 30,000 people, the UN estimates.