G.O.P. Defectors Break With Trump Over War, and SpaceX Set for Largest I.P.O. Ever
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🗓️ 4 June 2026
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| 0:00.0 | From the New York Times, it's the headlines. |
| 0:05.0 | I'm Tracy Mumford. |
| 0:06.0 | Today's Thursday, June 4th. |
| 0:08.0 | Here's what we're covering. |
| 0:10.0 | We're going to start with three developments on the war with Iran, including a major vote in Congress to end the conflict. |
| 0:22.8 | Why doesn't Congress assert its authority here? |
| 0:24.1 | It's constitutional authority. The rising tensions between President Trump and the Israeli prime minister. |
| 0:28.5 | You know, at some point, as it may be, we've got to stop this. |
| 0:32.2 | You've got to stop it. |
| 0:33.1 | And how the war could tangle up the World Cup. |
| 0:36.7 | Uncertainty and controversy has clouded the Iranian soccer team for months now. |
| 0:43.0 | First, in the House of Representatives yesterday. |
| 0:46.1 | On this vote, the ayes are 215 and the days were 208. |
| 0:50.2 | A handful of Republicans joined with Democrats to push through a measure to rein in Trump's campaign in Iran. |
| 0:57.3 | It calls for Trump to withdraw U.S. forces unless he can get approval from Congress. |
| 1:03.0 | Now, it's unlikely this measure, or a similar one passed by the Senate recently, will ultimately have an effect on the ground, |
| 1:10.0 | since there's a chance Trump himself |
| 1:11.8 | could eventually veto any attempt to limit his war powers. But Times congressional correspondent |
| 1:17.4 | Robert Jemison says yesterday's vote sent a clear message to the White House. |
| 1:22.5 | Frustration over the war, rising gas prices, it all boiled over. The Republicans who voted for it and the Democrats |
| 1:29.4 | who have been pushing for this for months now repeated that their voters, their constituents, |
| 1:34.6 | were unhappy with the results of the war. While many agree that Iran should not ever have a |
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