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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Shrai Popat in Washington and Lucy Campbell

Democrats renew push to curb Trump’s Iran war as calls to use 25th amendment mount

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Hakeem Jeffries, the House minority leader, speaks during a news conference in the US Capitol on 27 March 2026 in Washington DC. Photograph: Heather Diehl/Getty Images

Democratic party leaders have vowed to renew the effort to curb Donald Trump’s war in Iran after several days of escalating tactics that culminated in a temporary ceasefire on Tuesday evening.

In recent months, several war powers resolutions have failed in Congress after a handful of Democrats voted alongside Republicans. But Trump’s aggressive overtures this week – including a Truth Social post that said “a whole civilization” could be wiped out if Iran did not agree to demands, have pushed some to act.

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