US House votes to curb Trump's war powers
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 4 June 2026
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
The US House has passed a resolution directing Donald Trump to withdraw American forces from the Iran war, in a largely symbolic move that nonetheless deals a political blow to the president. Four Republicans backed the Democrats, who accuse Trump of violating the Constitution by launching strikes without congressional authorisation.
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Photo: Moment US House of Representatives votes to limit Trump’s Iran war powers Credit: AFP
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| 0:34.3 | Hello, I'm Oliver Conway. This edition is published in the early hours of Thursday, |
| 0:38.7 | the 4th of June. The US House of Representatives passes of resolution limiting President Trump's power to continue the war with Iran. But how effective will it be? |
| 0:44.6 | Israel and Lebanon agree another ceasefire after talks in Washington on the condition that |
| 0:50.2 | Hezbollah stops its attacks. And Cuba's central banks as visa and mastercard payments |
| 0:56.0 | will be suspended from Saturday because of US sanctions. Also in the podcast, the achievement |
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| 1:13.6 | A film generated entirely by artificial intelligence gets people talking at the Tribeca Film Festival. |
| 1:23.9 | Just a day after he was forced to drop his plan for a $1.8 billion alleged slush fund, Donald Trump has suffered another political setback, this time on the war with Iran. |
| 1:36.0 | Since the US and Israel launched their attacks in the Middle East three months ago, the Democrats have tried and failed to reign in the president's war powers. |
| 1:45.5 | But now the US House of Representatives has passed a resolution ordering him to withdraw American troops or gain |
| 1:51.1 | congressional approval for the conflict. On this vote, the ayes are 215 and the days are 208. The |
| 1:58.1 | concurrent resolution is adopted. |
| 2:08.3 | Four Republican members of the House sided with the Democrats to pass the resolution in the latest sign of growing opposition from the President's own party. |
| 2:13.0 | Before the votes, the Republican Speaker Mike Johnson said the legislation would weaken |
| 2:17.4 | Mr. Trump's |
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