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Republicans fall in line with Trump on Iran war despite rising costs and US death toll

Senate Republicans, despite a mounting death toll, surging energy prices and growing uncertainty, batted down another attempt by Democrats to handcuff President Donald Trump in his war with Iran.Democrats pulled the trigger on yet another war powers resolution, the first since Trump resumed strikes in the Middle East, and were again unsuccessful in convincing enough Republicans to force the administration to get authorization from Congress.Thursday’s war powers resolution was forced by Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., who argued that, "the main thing is that we need to continue to hold senators o...