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Vance says the Iran war cost Republicans the midterms

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The Iran war was the reason for the Democrats' blue tsunami that stunned Washington, Vice President Vance said in an X post Wednesday morning. Why it matters: The VP offered a surprisingly blunt assessment of why the GOP got crushed Tuesday night — and started to put at least a little daylight betwe

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Both outlets focus on the same broad question of how losing congressional control changes Trump’s room to maneuver in foreign policy. CNBC foregrounds increased scrutiny of his handling of Iran and Ukraine while stressing that he would still retain broad foreign-policy powers, while The Independent centers the veto itself and says that retaining the power to block legislation is likely to create deadlock in government.

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