Democrats fracture over Tlaib's Lebanon war powers resolution as 117 reject the measure

The lopsided rejection reveals deep divides within the Democratic caucus over presidential war authority and Middle East policy, with the party majority declining to curb Trump's discretion on military support to Israel.
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