Senate GOP Rejects War Powers Resolution After Trump’s Fiery Meeting

Senate Republicans rallied behind President Donald Trump late Wednesday night, decisively rejecting a Democratic-led war powers resolution aimed at tying his hands in the ongoing conflict with Iran.The vote, held shortly before midnight, came hours after a tense closed-door meeting at the Capitol where Trump directly confronted GOP senators over a similar measure that had narrowly passed the day before.The resolution failed 47-50 with one senator voting “present,” reversing Tuesday’s 50-48 passage of a nearly identical House-approved measure.Four Republicans — Sens. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, and Rand Paul of Kentucky — had crossed party lines on Tuesday, joining nearly all Democrats.By Wednesday night, Cassidy and others shifted, delivering a clear victory for the president’s authority as commander-in-chief.The dramatic turnaround followed a heated lunchtime meeting in which Trump berated senators for undermining his negotiations with Tehran.According to multiple accounts, Trump singled out Cassidy, exchanging sharp words in a confrontation that escalated when the Louisiana senator pressed for more transparency on the war’s progress and costs.Cassidy later recounted standing up and telling the president: “You have not told the American people what’s going on. It was supposed to last four weeks, it’s lasted four months. Our original objectives have not been achieved.”