Traci Mumford

From The New York Times, it's The Headlines.

I'm Traci Mumford.

Today's Thursday, June 4th.

Here's what we're covering.

We're going to start with three developments on the war with Iran, including a major vote in Congress to end the conflict.

It's constitutional authority.

The rising tensions between President Trump and the Israeli prime minister.

And how the war could tangle up the World Cup.

First, in the House of Representatives.

A handful of Republicans joined with Democrats to push through a measure to rein in Trump's campaign in Iran.

Times congressional reporter Robert Jemison was there for the vote, which calls for Trump to withdraw U.S.

forces unless he can get approval from Congress.

Now, it's unlikely this measure will ultimately have an effect on the ground.

There's a chance Trump himself could eventually veto any attempt to limit his war powers.

But Robert says the vote sends a clear message to the White House.

Yesterday's vote in the House follows a similar one in the Senate last month, where a handful of GOP defectors there also joined with Democrats to oppose the war.

President Trump and his aides, however, have dismissed these kinds of efforts by Congress as unconstitutional.

Next.

In an interview with the New York Post yesterday, Trump was asked about reports that he had a heated phone call with Benjamin Netanyahu.

Trump confirmed that it happened, saying that while the two had a broadly positive relationship, he has been frustrated by Israel's ongoing campaign against Hezbollah, the Iran-backed militia in Lebanon.