House Votes 219-212 Against Curbing Trump Iran War
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- The US House of Representatives voted 219-212 to reject a measure halting Trump's war on Iran and requiring Congressional authorization for any further hostilities.
- US Central Command (CENTCOM) said it struck approximately 200 targets in Iran over 72 hours, including deeply buried ballistic missile launchers and at least 30 Iranian vessels.
- Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced a combined drone and missile attack on Tel Aviv and central Israel.
- Trump said he wants to be involved in choosing Iran's next supreme leader, reiterating his goal of cultivating a US-friendly leadership within the Iranian ruling system.
- UNHCR reported at least 330,000 people forcibly displaced across the Middle East, including roughly 100,000 who fled Tehran, more than 84,000 from Lebanon, and about 118,000 from Afghanistan and Pakistan.
- Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi warned the country is in a 'state of near-emergency' economically as the Middle East war threatens to drive up prices.
- The New York Times reported that satellite imagery, social media posts and verified videos suggest a US strike hit an elementary school in the southern Iranian town of Minab, killing at least 165 people, at roughly the same time as attacks on an adjacent IRGC naval facility.
Why it matters: The 219-212 House vote hands Trump unilateral authority to keep waging a war that has already displaced 330,000 people and produced a US-pinned strike killing at least 165 at an Iranian elementary school. With Gulf allies under fire — Kuwait intercepted a missile, Bahrain sounded shelter sirens, and the US is evacuating its Kuwait embassy — Congressional abdication leaves escalation decisions entirely with the executive, while Egypt warns of an economic near-emergency from spillover.
