US Senate votes to restrain Trump on IranSenator Tim Kaine, seen here in January 2020, has moved to restrain President Donald Trump from war with Iran. WASHINGTON - The US Senate voted Thursday to rein in President Donald Trump from attacking Iran, sharply rebuking his foreign policy despite a week earlier acquitting him in his impeachment trial. The resolution makes an exception if the United States is "defending itself from an imminent act." The Senate defeated a motion by Senator Tom Cotton, a vociferous opponent of Iran, to exempt any military action directed at "designated terrorist organizations." The Trump administration last year designated the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps as a terrorist organization, the first time the United States has done so to a government body.

Source: Bangkok Post February 13, 2020 19:52 UTC