Last-ditch efforts to broker US-Iran cease-fire continue as ultimatum nears

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Compiled from news service reports Top House Democrats requesting that Congress immediately come back into session for a vote to end the war in Iran on Wednesday as President Donald Trump’s ultimatum calling for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz loomed. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., Democratic Whip Katherine Clark, D-Mass., Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., Democratic Caucus Vice Chair Ted Lieu, D-Calif., Assistant Democratic Leader Joe Neguse, D-Colo., and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chair Suzan DelBene, D-Wash., criticized Trump in a joint statement. “[Trump’s] statement threatening to eradicate an entire civilization shocks the conscience and requires…

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