Senate GOP tries to mend fences with Trump after heated lunch

Published June 25, 2026 3:15pm ET | Updated June 25, 2026 3:15pm ET



Senate Republicans are trying to turn the page on a heated lunch with President Donald Trump that brought weeks of tensions to a new high-water mark.

In a symbolic gesture, Senate Republicans took another vote on the Iran war Wednesday night, flipping two senators Trump singled out at the lunch for siding with Democrats. The move does not erase a vote senators took a couple of days earlier that passed. That legislation passed both the House and Senate with a handful of GOP defections.

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