(March 4): The US Senate cleared the way for President Donald Trump to continue military attacks on Iran in a vote Wednesday that starkly demonstrated the nation’s deep divisions as it goes to war in a volatile region. The president and his advisers nonetheless express confidence that the war against Iran will be resolved quickly. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the former majority leader, praised Trump for “a bold and tough decision” to go to war. The narrow Senate support for the Iran war contrasts with the 77-to-23 Senate vote in 2002 authorising then-president George W Bush to use military force against Iraq. Democrats criticised the Trump administration for shifting explanations on what it is trying to achieve in the war.

Source: The Edge Markets March 05, 2026 03:37 UTC