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US Senate Signals Mounting Opposition to Trump's War in Iran

The Republican-led US Senate signaled rising opposition to continuing the Iran war in a procedural vote Tuesday. Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy, whose re-election bid President Donald Trump thwarted in a Republican primary Saturday, joined three other GOP senators voting to clear the hurdle and move toward a final vote on a resolution to cease hostilities. Kate Ackley of Bloomberg Government has more.

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Bessent Urges Allies to Aggressively Enforce Iran Sanctions

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent pressed US allies to join the US in enforcing sanctions on Iran and other malicious actors, saying, "Crushing the threat of terrorism compels all of you to step up and join us in rooting out the financing that sustains it." Bessent addressed the No Money for Terror conference on Tuesday, part of the meeting of the Group of Seven Nations in Paris.

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ECB May Act As Iran Shock Persists

The European Central Bank may have to respond to the economic challenges arising from the conflict in the Middle East, according to Governing Council members Joachim Nagel and Francois Villeroy de Galhau, who spoke jointly to BTV's Oliver Crook on the sidelines of the G7 Finance Ministers meeting in Paris on Tuesday.

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