Is this a regression?

• Yes, this behavior used to work in the previous version

The previous version in which this bug was not present was

No response

Description

I use FontAwesome Icons with Material and with version 15 discovered a lot of issues with icons.
One for which I could create a reproduction is a different display between <a mat-icon-button></a> and <button mat-icon-button></button>

Reproduction

https://angular-ivy-dgra38.stackblitz.io

Expected Behavior

The icon position is the same for anchor and button

Actual Behavior

The anchor is positioned to the left

Environment

• Angular: 15.0.1
• CDK/Material: 15.0.0
• Browser(s): Chrome