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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will cast a looming congressional vote on the Iran nuclear deal as the nation's most consequential foreign policy debate since the authorization of the Iraq war, a now unpopular decision that still reverberates through American politics.

Are you pleased with the Iran nuclear deal?  Are you confident that the deal, reached in the early morning hours today, will lead to peace?  Or does it not go far enough?

WASHINGTON (AP) — Debate is coming up on a Senate bill that would let Congress review and potentially reject any Iran nuclear deal — and supporters of the measure must fend off some colleagues who want changes that could sink it.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Legislation empowering Congress to reject an emerging Iran nuclear pact is expected to sail through both houses of Congress, leaving President Barack Obama with the tough task of selling the deal to skeptical lawmakers.

WASHINGTON (AP) — For President Barack Obama, success in Panama means another foreign policy challenge at home.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The United States, Iran and five other world powers say they've reached an understanding that will direct them toward achieving a comprehensive nuclear agreement within three months.

In the midst of the United States' negotiations with Iran on the subject of nuclear weapons, forty-seven United States senators sent a letter to Tehran criticizing the process and President Barack Obama.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is holding the opening round of Capitol Hill's showdown with the White House over talks to prevent Iran from being able to develop a nuclear weapon.

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Iran has rejected claims by Mehmet Ali Agca that late Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini ordered him to assassinate Pope John Paul II.

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An Iranian news agency says one of the country's F-4 fighter jets has crashed in southern Iran and that the two pilots on board were killed.