伊朗外长警告：任何对贝鲁特袭击都将引发中东战争全面重启

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以色列6月3日空袭黎巴嫩南部马尔杰尤恩地区的真主党目标后，现场升起浓烟。 （法新社）

伊朗外长阿拉格齐周三警告，任何对黎巴嫩首都贝鲁特的袭击都将引发中东战争的“全面重启”。

据伊朗通讯社报道，阿拉格齐星期三（6月3日）接受黎巴嫩电视台采访时说：“伊朗与犹太复国主义者（以色列）和美国之间的战争命运与黎巴嫩战事的命运密不可分，这两条战线从一开始就交织在一起。”

他强调：“任何对贝鲁特的袭击都将造成严重后果，并将导致战争全面重启。”

以色列总理内坦亚胡宣称，他在周一通话中告诉美国总统特朗普，如果黎巴嫩真主党继续袭击以色列，以军将袭击贝鲁特的真主党目标。他也表明，以军将继续按计划在黎巴嫩南部采取行动。

阿拉格齐周三在采访中说，伊朗已明确告知美国，如果以色列对贝鲁特发动军事行动，将被视为停火全面破裂，伊方“绝不容忍”，伊朗武装部队将作出回应。

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他说，除向美方传递相关信息外，伊朗也已告知地区伙伴，由于以色列的行动，战争或将再次爆发。他说，在地区国家共同施压下，相关军事行动最终被阻止，避免局势进一步升级。

谈及伊美谈判进程，阿拉格齐说，与美方的沟通并未中断，但没有任何实质性进展。重返谈判桌的条件是保障伊朗民族权益、结束黎巴嫩战事并停止地区紧张局势。他说：“美国已在近期冲突中充分认识到伊朗的能力与影响力。”

Trump signs order to make it easier to fire 8,000 federal workers

2026-06-03 20:17:14 UTC / Reuters

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June 3, 2026 8:17 PM UTC Updated 3 hours ago

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WASHINGTON, June 3 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday making it easier to fire 8,000 of ​some of the best-paid government workers, part of a broader effort to overhaul ‌the federal workforce.

The order, released by the White House and the Office of Personnel Management, strips job protections from a mostly senior group of federal workers earning up ​to almost $200,000 a year and who are deemed to be “influencing” government policy.

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In ​a call previewing the move, Scott Kupor, director of the Office ⁠of Personnel Management, which oversees the government’s human resources policies, said the ​administration needs to employ people willing and able to carry out orders to ​achieve the administration’s policy priorities.

“You can have any political views, but if you allow those views to basically interfere with your willingness to actually carry out lawful orders and ​policy directives with the administration, then this provides a mechanism obviously for ​people in those agencies to be able to be removed effectively at will,” he said.

The ‌order ⁠shows Trump is persisting in his efforts to discipline and fire career employees who he sees as undermining his political goals, a year after billionaire Elon Musk left his post overseeing an effort to slash government spending and ​payrolls.

Trump believes his agenda ​was hampered by ⁠career federal workers who opposed his policies during his first term.

The number of workers affected by the order is ​well below a ceiling estimate of up to 50,000 ​workers who ⁠could have been made subject to the new rules. Senior administration officials on the call said Trump could expand the grouping but has no immediate plans ⁠to ​do so.

Federal worker unions and their allies sued ​in January to stop the policy before it was fully developed. Federal judges paused the litigation ​while the Trump administration finalized changes.

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Paralympian who won Dem race for Senate in Iowa speaks to Erin Burnett

2026-06-03 07:46 PM EDT / CNN

Paralympian who won Dem race for Senate in Iowa speaks to Erin Burnett

Erin Burnett talks to Iowa’s Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, State Representative Josh Turek on his odds becoming the first Iowa Democrat elected to the Senate in 18 years.

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Fox News Poll: Democratic unity, Republican crossovers shape Ohio Senate race

2026-06-03T18:00:02-04:00 / Fox News

Inflation is the defining issue for Ohio voters going into the midterm elections

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Published June 3, 2026 6:00pm EDT

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President Donald Trump carried Ohio by more than 11 percentage points in 2024, but a new Fox News survey finds his standing in the Buckeye State has deteriorated — a development that is benefitting Democrat Sherrod Brown in the Senate race.

By a 15-point margin, Ohioans view Trump negatively: 42% hold a favorable opinion and 57% an unfavorable one. That’s more than a 20-point swing compared to his +6 net positive rating (52-46%) in the November 2024 Ohio Fox News Voter Analysis election survey.

The poll of Ohio voters, released Wednesday, finds Trump’s ratings are about on par with views of Republican incumbent Senator Jon Husted (41% favorable, 50% unfavorable), while challenger and former Ohio Senator Brown is viewed significantly more positively (53% vs. 44%).

That helps Brown outperform Husted by a 53% to 45% margin in the race to fill the state’s Senate seat. His 8-point lead is outside the poll’s margin of sampling error.

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Brown garners fully 98% support among Democrats compared to Husted’s 86% among Republicans. Brown also receives backing from outside the democratic base: 31% of non-MAGA Republicans and 13% of all Republicans. Only 2% of Democrats pick Husted.

Husted is favored by White evangelical Christians (+32 points), rural voters (+11), and White men without a college degree (+7). Brown is preferred by voters under age 35 (+33), independents (+18), and women (+14).

Non-white voters favor Brown by 58 points, while the race is a dead heat among White voters (49% each). And the candidates are nearly tied among voters ages 45 and over (49-48%), while Brown leads by 23 points among those under age 45.

The candidates are competing for the Senate seat Husted currently holds after being appointed to replace JD Vance when Vance became vice president.Brown is hoping to return to the U.S. Senate after he narrowly lost his seat to Bernie Moreno in 2024.

About 7 in 10 of both Brown’s (73%) and Husted’s supporters (69%) are certain of their choice.Overall, about one in four say they may change their mind before voting.

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By a 6-point margin, more Democrats (82%) than Republicans (76%) say they are extremely or very motivated to vote this November.

Most Brown supporters, 68%, describe their vote as mainly for him rather than against Husted (30%). Those who are backing Husted are less enthusiastic about their candidate, with 58% saying their support is mainly for him rather than against Brown (39%).

In a state Trump carried with 55% of the vote, the survey finds being too close to him is now more of a liability than being too liberal. Some 39% of Ohioans are concerned Brown is “too liberal,” including 13% of his supporters.For Husted, 46% overall are worried he is “too close” to Trump, including 10% of his backers.

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Inflation dominates, with 43% saying it is the most important issue in their Senate vote. All others trail far behind, including healthcare (12%), immigration and border security (11%,) political divisions (9%), jobs (8%), Iran (7%), abortion and crime (4% each). Notably, inflation is the top issue among independents (50%), Democrats (44%), Republicans (40%), MAGA (34%), and 2024 Trump voters (39%).

Voters focused on inflation favor Brown by 14 points, as do healthcare voters by 44 points, while those prioritizing immigration and border security go for Husted by 76.

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On their family’s financial situation, 39% of Ohio voters say they are falling behind, up from 32% who said the same in the 2024 FNVA survey. The largest number, 49%, say their family is holding steady, down 9 points.

“There’s good reason for the Democrats to be bullish on Ohio,” says Republican pollster Daron Shaw, who conducts Fox News polls with Democrat Chris Anderson. “The state remains solidly Republican, but Democrats are united against Trump allies and independents prefer Brown.”

In the race for governor, Ohio voters are divided: half back Democrat Amy Acton (50%) and nearly half favor Republican Vivek Ramaswamy (49%).Fourteen percent who prefer Brown in the Senate race cross-party lines to support Ramaswamy.

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Most Democrats (93%) go for Acton, while most Republicans favor Ramaswamy (89%). Independents back Acton by 8 points (51-43%).

Nearly twice as many Acton supporters (38%) as Ramaswamy backers (21%) say their vote is mainly “against” the other candidate.

Seven in 10 of each candidate’s supporters are certain of their choice.

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Although views of Acton are positive by 9 points (46% favorable vs. 37% unfavorable), 16% are unable to rate her.Ramaswamy’s ratings are positive by 1 point (45-44%), while Vance’s are underwater by 7 (45-52%), and opinion splits on sitting GOP Gov. Mike DeWine (48-48%).

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By more than 2-to-1, Buckeye voters oppose having an AI data center built in their area (32% favor, 65% oppose). That opposition is across the political spectrum, as majorities of Democrats (72%), independents (64%), and Republicans (59%) are against building data centers.

Conducted May 28-June 1, 2026 under the joint direction of Beacon Research (D) and Shaw & Company Research (R), this Fox News Poll includes interviews with a sample of 1,015 Ohio registered voters randomly selected from a statewide voter file. Respondents spoke with live interviewers on landlines (109) and cellphones (653) or completed the survey online after receiving a text message (253). Results based on the full sample have a margin of sampling error of ± 3 percentage points. Sampling error for results among subgroups is higher. In addition to sampling error, question wording and order can influence results. Sources for developing weight targets include the most recent American Community Survey, Fox News Voter Analysis, and voter file data. Weights are generally applied to age, race, education, and area variables to ensure the demographics of respondents are representative of the registered voter population. Results among subgroups are only shown when the sample size is at least N=100.

Fox News’ Victoria Balara contributed to this report.

As head of the polling unit, Dana Blanton runs the Fox News Poll and oversees the Fox News Voter Analysis election survey.

美国总统特朗普周三在白宫告诉记者，美伊谈判进行非常顺利，如能达成协议，可能会在这个周末揭晓。 （彭博社）

美国总统特朗普周三宣称，与伊朗的谈判进展“非常顺利”，并可能在本周末取得成果。

特朗普星期三（6月3日）在白宫告诉记者：“我听说谈判进行非常顺利……如果真能达成协议，那可能会在这个周末揭晓。”

特朗普的乐观评估与伊朗外长阿拉格奇的说法截然不同。阿拉格奇周三说，伊朗与美国的沟通渠道仍然畅通，但在结束中东战争的谈判中“没有取得任何实质性进展”。

特朗普周三还说，他希望将美伊会谈与以色列和黎巴嫩真主党之间的冲突分开。“我希望将它们分开，我希望它们各自独立，因为它们确实是两回事。”

在被问及伊朗对科威特的最新袭击发生后，美国与伊朗停火协议是否仍然生效时，特朗普说，美军在前两天夜里对伊朗进行了相当猛烈的打击，“所以有些事情发生是有原因的，而且这种原因通常多少说得通。”

他还说，伊朗此次举动“算不上什么大事”，并称“我们已经掌控了局势，并迅速将其扼杀在了萌芽状态”。

特朗普还称，美伊一旦达成协议，霍尔木兹海峡将立即恢复通航。“不过，通航的前提是需对个别区域进行最后的扫雷清理。”

Scott Bessent testifies he told Bill Pulte he was “going to kick his a**,” not punch him in the face

2026-06-03T16:11:00-0400 / CBS News

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President Trump’s pick for acting Director of National Intelligence Bill Pulte has become a point of contention on Capitol Hill, including on Wednesday, when Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confirmed to senators that he had a heated argument with the Trump loyalist last year — but disputed some of the details.

The president’s decision to tap Pulte, who lacks a résumé in the national security field and oversaw the launch of mortgage fraud investigations into Trump critics as head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, has been met with little joy from Republicans on Capitol Hill. On Wednesday, Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina asked Bessent if he really threatened to punch Pulte in the face last year. Tillis was referencing a September Politico report of a heated argument between Bessent and Pulte during an event with dozens of administration officials and Trump advisers.

“I do have one awkward question to ask you real quick and then I want to get to some of the trends and how you’re going to work on them,” Tillis said during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on budget matters. “Did you actually tell Pulte you were going to punch him in the face?”

“No, sir. I actually said I was going to kick his a**,” Bessent responded with a slight smile.

“Good. Okay. Good. I share the emotion,” responded Tillis.

Bessent added, “And as I said, that was last summer, summer of ’25, and many teams have fights in the locker room and then go out and win for the team on the field.”

Tillis said he was “just curious” because he expects that story to resurface as Pulte steps into the nation’s top intelligence role.

Politico reported in September that Bessent heard Pulte was badmouthing him to the president, and the treasury secretary told Pulte, “I’m going to fing beat your a.” Bessent also reportedly said to Pulte: “I’m gonna punch you in your f**ing face,” according to the Politico story.

As FHFA director, Pulte sent criminal referrals to the Justice Department alleging mortgage fraud by a number of Mr. Trump’s political foes, including New York Attorney General Letitia James, Sen. Adam Schiff, Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook and former Rep. Eric Swalwell. Mr. Trump cited the fraud allegations against Cook to justify her attempted firing, which is currently before the Supreme Court.

All four have denied wrongdoing, and only the investigation into James has resulted in criminal charges to date. That case was eventually dismissed after a judge found the prosecutor was appointed invalidly.

Pulte can remain acting director of national intelligence for up to 210 days from when he begins the post, which he will be doing on top of running the FHFA, which oversees mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Tillis isn’t the only Republican senator who doesn’t support Pulte taking the role. Former Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has also expressed doubts about Pulte’s experience.

House votes to limit Trump’s Iran war powers in remarkable rebuke

2026-06-03T21:22:00.050Z / https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/03/politics/house-iran-war-powers-vote

• The House voted Wednesday to limit President Donald Trump’s war powers in Iran, with four Republicans joining Democrats in a significant rebuke.
• The measure still requires Senate approval but would not need the president’s signature.
• Speaker Mike Johnson warned the measure could weaken negotiations, though some Republicans are feeling pressure from constituents over rising costs.

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The House passed a resolution on Wednesday to limit President Donald Trump’s war powers in Iran, a significant rebuke to Trump and his handling of the conflict.

Democrats have repeatedly forced votes to limit Trump’s war powers in both the House and the Senate – a campaign that has gradually picked up more GOP support in recent weeks.

The vote was 215 to 208 with Republican Reps. Thomas Massie, Brian Fitzpatrick, Tom Barrett and Warren Davidson crossing party lines to support the resolution.

Passage of the war powers resolution is the latest instance of the GOP-controlled Congress pushing back on Trump’s agenda. Senate Republicans in recent days have revolted over a controversial $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund that Trump favors, but which they fear would grant payouts to his supporters who attacked police officers during the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol. Senate Republicans also formally removed funding for Trump’s ballroom security on Wednesday as part of their immigration package after the chamber’s official rule-keeper determined it violated budgetary rules.

The measure, known as a concurrent resolution, passed by the House Wednesday must be approved by both chambers, but would not go to the president to be signed. According to the Senate’s website, concurrent resolutions do not have the force of law. A House Democratic aide who has been involved in the effort to pass the war powers resolution told CNN they believe the resolution would be binding and it would be a legal matter to work that out.

The resolution was introduced by New York Democratic Rep. Gregory Meeks, the ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

“I am thrilled that we’ve had the opportunity to have some members from the Republican side stand up. I’m really thrilled and proud of my Democratic colleagues, because every Democrat, every single one voted for this,” Meeks told reporters after the vote.

He added: “We’re going to continue to do our constitutional responsibilities, that’s what we’re doing. We’re going to continue and be a check and a balance when the administration doesn’t follow the Constitution.”

This vote was originally set to take place on May 21, but was abruptly canceled by GOP leaders just as Republicans were on the verge of losing the vote due to absences. At the time Meeks told reporters that he thought House Speaker Mike Johnson had been stalling a vote on the measure.

“A lot of my Republican colleagues are feeling the pressure back home when they’re looking at the cost of food, the cost of gas,” he previously told CNN.”(Johnson) is feeling heat. He’s trying to cover for the president. … But I think the time of him being able to cover for the president is rapidly ending.”

Ahead of the vote on Wednesday, Johnson defended some GOP lawmakers’ opposition to reining in Trump’s war powers in Iran, warning it could have a “very negative” impact on negotiations.

“I think it is a very dangerous prospect to take away from the administration and the commander-in-chief right now the ability to negotiate. That’s what this does. It, it weakens us, our position, and our leverage in negotiation on the peace in that situation. ‘Operation Epic Fury’ is concluded,” he told CNN on Wednesday.

Johnson claimed all of the US objectives in Iran were “well defined” and “achieved,” despite some lawmakers, including Republicans, expressing interest in receiving further information from the administration.

“The president is now in the process of, of concluding a peace agreement, and we have to allow him the latitude to do that, and I think a war powers resolution right now is very untimely, and a very, very negative, and dangerous thing for the country,” he said.

The Pentagon, State Department and USAID inspectors general have launched a joint review of the US war with Iran, announcing in a press release Wednesday that they are mandated by law to probe overseas military operations that exceed 60 days.

The announcement is significant because it indicates that the watchdogs believe that, legally, the war has lasted more than 60 days from its commencement on February 28. Under the War Powers Act, the president is prohibited from keeping US troops in active hostilities for more than 60 days without congressional approval.

The administration never sought such approval for Operation Epic Fury, the name the US gave to its military campaign against Iran. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said last month that it was his understanding that the 60-day clock on the war “reset” when President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire in April.

This story has been updated with additional details.

CNN’s Natasha Bertrand contributed to this report.

知情者透露，美国总统特朗普周一与以色列总理内坦亚胡通话时，用粗话大骂对方危及伊朗和平谈判。图为去年12月29日，特朗普（右）在佛州棕榈滩海湖庄园接待到访的内坦亚胡。 （路透社档案照片）

以色列总理内坦亚胡周三说，他与美国总统特朗普“有时会出现战术层面的分歧”，但双方在“核心目标”上保持一致。

内坦亚胡星期三（6月3日）接受美国消费者新闻与商业频道（CNBC）采访时说，他与特朗普每两天就会通一次电话，双方有着共同目标，其中包括阻止伊朗获得核武器，以及“解除真主党的武装，并使黎巴嫩非军事化”。

谈及伊朗战事时，内坦亚胡称，战事最终如何结束“仍是一个开放性问题”，但以色列将继续维护自身安全利益。

特朗普在周三播出的一档访谈节目中证实，他周一与内坦亚胡通话时爆粗口。

美国媒体Axios此前引述知情者报道称，特朗普周一与内坦亚胡通话时，用粗话大骂他危及伊朗和平谈判。据悉，特朗普说：“你（粗话）疯了。要不是我，你早就进监狱了。”

特朗普承认与内坦亚胡紧张通话 斥责以色列政策以色列宣布扩大黎巴嫩境内军事行动 直逼首都贝鲁特

不过特朗普在社交媒体上发文形容，此次通话富有成效，以色列同意不派兵前往贝鲁特，在途中的部队也已撤回。

彭博社分析指，特朗普几个月来一直信誓旦旦宣称，结束中东冲突的协议指日可待，但以色列坚持推进自身目标，凸显特朗普对这场危机的最终走向，掌控力其实十分有限。

分析说，美以对如何结束这场战争的看法南辕北辙，这种分歧正在危及美伊谈判。

GOP advances ICE funding package after forcing Trump’s controversial $2B fund into retreat

June 3, 2026 4:08pm EDT / Fox News

The Senate took its first step toward reconciliation after Acting AG Todd Blanche testified the DOJ fund was scrapped

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After delays spurred by shock announcements from the Trump administration, Senate Republicans have officially launched their play to fund immigration enforcement.

The upper chamber took the first step in the last leg of the process to advance a roughly $70 billion package to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol after being derailed by the administration’s surprise “anti-weaponization” fund.

It comes after uncertainty over whether acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s testimony under oath that the administration was “not moving forward with the fund” would be enough to satisfy skeptical Republicans.

GOP LEVERAGES ICE FUNDING PACKAGE TO MAKE TRUMP’S CONTROVERSIAL $2B FUND ‘NEVER EXIST’

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks during a Senate Republican press conference at the U.S. Capitol on June 2, 2026, flanked by Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va.(Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc.)

Republican leaders hope that the unity on display Wednesday afternoon carries through the forthcoming “vote-a-rama,” where Democrats, and some Republicans, are considering several amendments to ensure that the nearly $2 billion fund is dead and never returns.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., acknowledged that there may be some Republicans who weren’t satisfied with Blanche’s testimony, and reiterated that the main goal was to “get the base bill across the finish line.”

“Hopefully, all of our members who have amendment ideas will, as they think through that, and they have the opportunities to have conversations… about their ideas, keep in mind we need to keep the bill together and make sure we’ve got 50 votes for it,” Thune said.

GOP DEMANDS TRUMP KILL CONTROVERSIAL $2B FUND BEFORE REVIVING ICE FUNDING PACKAGE

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The fund, announced last month as part of a settlement between the Trump family and the Internal Revenue Service, received strong pushback from Republicans who feared that without proper guardrails, people convicted of assaulting police officers during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot on Capitol Hill could access the taxpayer funds.

Republicans who were irate at the fund are still deciding whether they’ll support amendments, and beyond that, whether they will support final passage from the upper chamber.

Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., wanted a guarantee from leadership that his add-on to permanently kill any attempt at an “anti-weaponization” fund would at least get a vote. And if there’s no language that makes its way into the package that addresses the fund, he said, “It’s going to be hard for me to vote yes.”

“I mean, I think we got to know this is a huge political liability,” Tillis told reporters. “I said it was stupid on stilts a week or two ago.”

Senate Democrats intend to take advantage of any lingering fractures among Republicans with a plethora of amendments on the fund, along with other issues like the war in Iran and affordability.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said, “Whenever we go into a vote-a-rama, Democrats will be ready.”

TRUMP ADMIN BACKS OFF CONTROVERSIAL $2B FUND, CLEARING PATH FOR GOP TO RESTART AGENDA

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer during a news conference following the weekly Senate Democrat policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on March 17, 2026.(Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

“Every vote, every amendment we bring to the floor will demonstrate that Democrats are standing up for the American people, and Republicans are selling out to Donald Trump,” Schumer said.

Meanwhile, the “anti-weaponization” fund, along with scrapped funding for security upgrades to President Donald Trump’s ballroom, became a distraction from the reconciliation package’s primary purpose.

Republicans turned to the process after congressional Democrats refused to fund immigration enforcement absent stringent reforms — that dispute led to the longest government shutdown in history.

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But the march to fund ICE and Border Patrol has been marred at times by infighting, either within the Senate GOP or with the administration, that has threatened to blow up the exercise.

Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso, R-Wyo., said Republicans were “moving in the right direction,” despite the issues that have cropped up.

“We need to get border security funded, we need to get Immigration and Customs Enforcement funded,” Barrasso said. “And the Democrats continue to stand — and I am sure they will today — stand with illegal immigrant criminals over the safety and security of the American people.”

Alex Miller is a writer for Fox News Digital covering the U.S. Senate.

House votes to rein in Trump on Iran as war loses GOP support

June 3, 2026 / 6:36 PM EDT / CBS News

By Caitlin Yilek Politics Reporter
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Washington — The House on Wednesday passed a measure that would force President Trump to end the war with Iran without congressional authorization, marking the first time the lower chamber has defied the White House on the conflict.

The House voted 215 to 208 to approve the war powers resolution with the help of four Republicans. Democratic Rep. Jared Golden of Maine, who has voted against the three previous failed attempts, also dropped his opposition and voted for the measure, giving his party unanimity on the issue.

Republican Reps. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, Tom Barrett of Michigan and Warren Davidson of Ohio voted with Democrats in favor of the measure.

Democrats in the chamber erupted in applause after passage.

The vote was supposed to take place before lawmakers left for the Memorial Day recess, but House GOP leaders abruptly pulled the vote when it became clear they did not have the numbers to block it. Several Republicans were absent and others were expected to support it.

The Senate advanced a similar measure in May to rein in Mr. Trump on Iran after four Republicans joined all but one Democrat to push it forward. Three Republican absences also helped deliver the breakthrough after seven previous unsuccessful votes.

But the Senate’s procedural vote was just the first step on the way to potential passage, and Republicans will have another opportunity to block it in the coming days.

It’s unclear when they plan to vote on the House version. In a statement, House Democratic leaders called on Senate Republicans “to do the right thing.”

Support for the war from some Republicans waned after the conflict passed a statutory 60-day deadline under the War Powers Resolution of 1973, which says the president must remove armed forces from hostilities if Congress has not authorized the war. The war passed the deadline on May 1, but the administration has argued that a fragile ceasefire stopped the clock in early April, though both sides have carried out attacks since then.

The Trump administration has also argued the War Powers Resolution of 1973 is unconstitutional, though that theory has never been tested in court.

Republicans who have voted in favor of limiting Mr. Trump’s military powers in Iran have been uncomfortable with the lack of congressional authorization on the war and a strategy to end it. Some fear the war’s unpopularity and the economic fallout could harm the GOP’s chances at keeping control of Congress after the midterm elections in November.

GOP Rep. Ashley Hinson of Iowa, who is running for Senate, said in a private exchange at a campaign stop last week that the war could be a “political liability” if it continues beyond “the next couple of weeks,” according to audio obtained by CBS News.

But Mr. Trump said last month he was in “no hurry” to make a deal with Iran ahead of the midterms.

“Everybody’s saying, ‘Oh, the midterms, I’m in a hurry.’ I’m in no hurry,” he said.

The resolution approved Wednesday was introduced in April by Rep. Gregory Meeks of New York, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee. It directs the president “to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran,” unless Congress declares war or authorizes the use of military force.

Rep. Brian Mast of Florida, the Republican chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, earlier Wednesday called it a “stupid political vote” that “weakens the president’s hands as he’s negotiating with Iran.”

After the vote, Meeks brushed off the assertion that the war powers votes have undercut the president during negotiations with Iran. When asked whether Democrats would keep forcing votes to end the Iran war, Meeks told reporters, “You can expect us to continue to do our jobs.”

“We’re going to continue to do our constitutional responsibilities,” he said.

Fitzpatrick, who also voted in favor of a war powers resolution in May, said, “The law is the law.”

“We have to follow the law. There’s a law on the books,” Fitzpatrick said. “So you have two choices: You either follow the law or you change the law. You can’t violate the law. That’s not an option.”

During floor debate on the measure on May 20, Democrats questioned why Republicans haven’t held a vote on an authorization for military force to provide Mr. Trump with legal guardrails for attacking Iran.

“If my Republican colleagues believe this is justified, they should bring an AUMF to the floor,” Meeks said.

There’s been little momentum so far behind an AUMF introduced by Barrett earlier in May.

Rep. Kevin Kiley of California, an independent who caucuses with Republicans, argued there are “better tools” for Congress to assert its authority.

“We actually have the ability to provide direction as to how funds should be used,” Kiley said, referring to Congress’ power of the purse. “I understand why people want to use whatever tools are available, but I believe that Congress should use those tools of congressional oversight and the powers we have under Article I that really have teeth here.”

Patrick Maguire, Aaron Navarro and Jaala Brown contributed to this report.