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The Guardian - US
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Chris Stein

More Republicans are turning on Iran war as midterms come into view

A bomb-damaged residential building
Heavy structural damage at a destroyed residential building on Qeshm Island, Hormozgan province, Iran, on 11 September 2026. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

As the US war with Iran drags on, the ranks of Republicans signaling the conflict is a liability for their party continues to grow.

When the House of Representatives on Tuesday evening considered its sixth war powers resolution intended to force Donald Trump to withdraw troops from the conflict, three Republicans who had not supported the previous efforts broke with their party to vote this one to passage. Earlier that day, a Republican who had lost his primary after repeatedly clashing with Trump proposed impeaching the US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, alleging a variety of constitutional transgressions including prosecuting the war against Iran without congressional authorization.

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