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Trump suffers rare House defeat as bipartisan vote moves to withdraw troops from Iran conflict

President Donald Trump suffered a rare defeat in the House of Representatives on Wednesday after Democrats joined by a handful of Republicans voted to sharply curb his war powers in Iran. Lawmakers voted 215-208 to withdraw troops from using military force against Iran absent congressional authorization. All Democrats present voted for the measure to effectively halt the U.S. military campaign against Iran. Meanwhile, Reps. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., Warren Davison, R-Ohio, Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., and Tom Barrett, R-Mich., were the lone Republicans to buck the president and support the war powers...