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  • Senate blocks Iran war powers resolution

    06/27/2025 6:13:37 PM PDT · by backpacker_c · 30 replies
    thehill ^ | June 27, 2025 | Al Weaver
    The Senate blocked an effort Friday to prevent President Trump from taking future military action against Iran without authorization from Congress, less than a week after he directed strikes aimed at the country’s nuclear capabilities. Senators voted 47-53 largely along party lines against the war powers resolution. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) was the lone GOP lawmaker to vote with Democrats. Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.), an ardent backer of Israel, voted with Republicans.
  • Massie isn’t backing down. Neither is Trump.

    06/25/2025 10:29:46 AM PDT · by RandFan · 51 replies
    Politico ^ | June 25 | By Brakkton Booker, Daniel Desrochers and Lisa Kashinsky
    ..... Members of Kentucky’s congressional delegation say Massie’s sprawling district, which runs along the northern border along Ohio and Indiana and stretches from the southern Cincinnati suburbs to the outer bands of the Louisville metro area, is a unique cross-section of the state that appears to relish Massie’s independent streak. It’s home to some of the most prominent members of the “liberty faction” of the Kentucky Republican Party, a group that embraces Trump while also gravitating toward libertarian-leaning Republicans like Massie and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul. The senator has weathered his own barrage of attacks from Trump for voicing opposition...