The House of Representatives is set to hold a vote this afternoon on a war po...
that would halt U.S. attacks on Iran without congressional approval.
Yesterday, the Senate voted down a similar measure, mostly along party lines. One of the lawmakers who voted against was Republican Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin. He spoke with host Steve Innskipe on NPR's morning edition.
“I think the primary restraint that any President of the United States is public opinion, what you don't want to do in a terribly divided Congress is hold a vote that shows us divided.”
That would not be good in a war effort, not be good for our troops, so not be good for success in the operations. Did it with the Iraq war? We're the rock wars. Well, there was overwhelming support for those. Probably shouldn't go on to war at that point in time.
Are you saying we should avoid a vote because the country is not behind the war?
Well, what I'm saying is right now, some has got to make the decision. That's the Commander-in-Chief. Senator Johnson speaking with NPR Steve Innskipe, former ministers in the European Union held an emergency meeting today in Brussels with their counterparts from the Gulf Cooperation Council about the Iran War. Here's in Pierre's Rochman. European Union Foreign Affairs Chief Kaya College said that two sides discussed the significant damage drones and missiles from Iran have caused a civilian and petrochemical infrastructure in the Gulf.
“Iran is exporting the war trying to expand it as to as many countries as they can to so Kaya's and we are calling for stability and seeing what we can do together.”
Colise said the same type of drones attacking the Middle East have for years attack Ukraine. She said the EU is putting Gulf countries in touch with Ukraine's leadership to share notes on how to defend themselves from Iranian drone strikes.
Rochman and Pierre News Berlin. Montana Republican Senator Steve Deans has announced he will not seek re-election.
He withdrew his bid yesterday just before Montana's deadline for candidates to file for the November midterm election. Montana Public Radio's Shaley Rager has more. Deans who was heavily favored to win re-election, said an statement that he's been wrestling with the decision for months. Serving the people of Montana in the US House in the US Senate the past 13 years has been the greatest honor of my professional career. Montana Republican US Attorney Kurt Almy filed to run for U.S. Senate,
“just as Deans dropped out minutes before the candidate filing period closed. Deans immediately endorsed”
Almy. President Donald Trump appointed Almy the state's U.S. Attorney twice and endorsed his candidacy on truth social. Almy has not run for office before. For NPR News, I'm Shaley Rager in Helena. Earlier NPR misidentified U.S. Attorney Almy as the state's Attorney General, the state AG is actually Austin, Knotzen. At last check on Wall Street, the Dow is down nearly 1,000 points. It's NPR. A new non-partisan firm launched to fight public corruption is suing President Trump and Attorney
General Pam Bondi for allowing the sale of TikTok's U.S. assets to White House allies. The public integrity project alleges flouted a law enacted to block China from using by Dancer's companies for mass data collection or promoting propaganda. The suit was filed on behalf of two U.S. retail investors in rival social media companies. There was no immediate comment from the White House or Justice Department, but President Trump has said the deal met the
terms of the U.S.'s divestiture law. Republican states are pushing broader limits for transgender individuals with new momentum from member-station K.O. S. U.C.R. of Fivert tells us, Oklahoma lawmakers have removed rules that allow people to change their sex marker on state driver's licenses. Administrative rules allow local humans to change their gender marker on their driver's licenses. Now those rules have been removed by a House Joint Resolution signed
by the governor. Attorney Josh Payton says he's been able to legally help more than 300 transgender Oklahoma's amend their name and gender on official documents. "It should be an inherent right for people to change their identification. This is a very significant blow to those rights." Payton argues the resolution differs from federal law. Laws he says the previous rules were added to comply with. For MPR News, I'm Sierra Fivert and Oklahoma City.
