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Trump wants say in Iran's successor; Did Noem's testimony cost her job?

Trump called for a role in choosing Iran’s next leader and removed Kristi Noem, selecting Markwayne Mullin to lead DHS.

Trump wants say in Iran's successor; Did Noem's testimony cost her job?
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President Donald Trump said the U.S. should help choose Iran’s next leader, while the House and Senate failed to pass measures limiting his authority to order strikes. The roundup also reports Kristi Noem’s dismissal, Markwayne Mullin’s selection as her replacement, and Tony Gonzales’s withdrawal from his reelection race.

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President whose statements on Iran and decisions at the Department of Homeland Security are reported

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Kristi Noem
Former U.S. Representative (R-SD)

Homeland Security secretary dismissed by Trump after a Senate hearing

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Tony Gonzales
Former U.S. Representative (R-TX)

Texas representative who withdrew from his reelection bid

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Conservative activist and Gonzales’s runoff opponent

John Kennedy
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Louisiana senator who questioned Noem at a hearing

Markwayne Mullin
Secretary of Homeland Security

Senator selected by Trump to lead the Department of Homeland Security

ALSO MENTIONED  Ali Khamenei, Iran’s slain supreme leader; Mojtaba Khamenei, Son of Iran’s slain supreme leader and a possible successor; Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine

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House Rejects Iran War Powers Resolution

Outlets describe U.S. strikes on Iran ordered by President Donald Trump and debate over whether Congress must authorize them. The House rejected a resolution that would have limited his authority to continue the operation without congressional approval. Center outlets focus on congressional authority over the strikes; the coverage ranges from describing the vote as a test of Trump’s strategy to arguing that Congress should authorize the use of force, while one article places the failed measures in a broader roundup.

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