The US Senate backed legislation on Tuesday directing President Donald Trump to stop American military action against Iran.
The Senate voted 50-48 in favor of the war powers resolution, which passed the House of Representatives earlier this month, reflecting growing concern even among some of Trump’s Republicans about the unpopular conflict that began on February 28.
While likely to remain largely symbolic, the vote comes as the administration is expected to ask Congress to authorise tens of billions of dollars to pay for the war.
Iranian protesters and a child step on a poster with a vampire-like illustration of US President Donald Trump. (Picture: Getty Images)
The high cost of war
