Explainer-Can a new US Congress mean an end to the Iran war?

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The article examines whether a new US Congress could pressure President Donald Trump to end the eight-month war with Iran. While voters’ dissatisfaction with the conflict contributed to Republican losses, Congress cannot end the war unilaterally.

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, Nov 12 (Reuters) - The American public wants the unpopular eight-month-long war on Iran to end, and showed it by handing President Donald Trump's Republicans a resounding defeat in last week's congressional elections. Trump acknowledged that unhappiness about the conflict contributed to his party's losses, but defends the war, both insisting that he has won itand saying it will continue. Congress cannot unilaterally end the war, but can pressure the president to do so.