Trump Pressure Campaign Flips Hawley on War Power Defection

A handful of Republican senators who defied President Donald Trump by backing an effort to rein in his war powers are facing an intense pressure campaign to flip their support — and one is now ready to flip.

Trump publicly attacked the five lawmakers—Sens. Rand Paul (Ky.), Susan Collins (Maine), Todd Young (Ind.), Josh Hawley (Mo.), and Lisa Murkowski (Alaska)—saying they should never be elected to office again. On Tuesday, he called Murkowski and Collins “disasters” and Paul a “stone-cold loser.”

The administration also worked behind the scenes before the measure is expected back on the floor Wednesday. Trump and ...