The Trump administration has sunk reputational and military costs into the Middle East conflict. But continuing risks alienating voters further.
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While the US midterms could open a window for diplomacy with Iran, they could also unleash a new military escalation. DW spoke to analysts to identify eight factors that could tip the balance towards war or peace.
While the US midterms could open a window for diplomacy with Iran, they could also unleash a new military escalation. DW spoke with analysts to identify eight factors that could tip the balance toward war or peace.
Reports have suggested a vulnerable president could start a new bombing campaign. But that wouldn’t bring a deal any closer Will Donald Trump decide to resume a large-scale war against Iran after the US midterm elections? That question has loomed over the campaign for weeks, as officials leaked plan…
Mediators are pushing the U.S. and Iran to reach a deal to end the war in the Middle East as President Trump mulls military strikes as early as this week. Trump has predicted the war will quickly draw to a conclusion after the midterms on Tuesday, though he’s been ambiguous about how that will happe…
Iran is no longer simply waiting for America’s midterm elections. It is trying to influence them. According to Reuters reporting, Iranian officials acknowledge that Tehran has prolonged negotiations with Washington, hoping to deny President Donald Trump a political victory before Americans vote.
Iranian officials on Wednesday celebrated U.S. voters’ rebuke of the Republican Party and President Donald Trump in the midterm elections, as the region waited to see how the results could affect the Iran war.
After Democrats won both the House and Senate in a blowout for Republicans, President Trump admitted fuel prices brought on by the Iran war impacted the outcome, but stuck by his decision.
The US president still insisted he "had to do" the controversial war, after his Vice President Vance also blamed it for the Republican loss. The Democrats now control both the US House and Senate. Follow live.
After Democrats won both the House and Senate in a blowout for Republicans, President Donald Trump admitted fuel prices brought on by the Iran war impacted the outcome, but stuck by his decision. DW has more.
President Trump partially blamed the ongoing war with Iran for the GOP's sweeping midterm losses in the midterms — but said he would have done it again. Trump told the Wall Street Journal that the Middle East conflict, now in its ninth month, “was a piece of it” in an election night interview.
Democrats have won control of Congress in a widespread repudiation of President Donald Trump and the Republican Party. Democrats have flipped at least seven Senate seats in ruby-red states and battlegrounds alike: Kansas, Iowa, Texas, Ohio, Maine, North Carolina and South Carolina.
The midterm election blowout has set up a new era in Washington. Democrats are eager to meet voter demands for change while Republicans watch their congressional majorities evaporate in a revolt against President Donald Trump’s policies.
President Donald Trump blamed the candidates and the Iran War for the massive Republican losses in the 2026 midterm elections. “They didn’t like the candidates, and some of the candidates that I endorsed fought me, and they didn’t like it,” he said in a late night Fox Business interview.
America’s war with Iran, which dragged on long past predictions of an early triumph, was a factor in the midterm trouncing Republicans suffered on Tuesday, President Donald Trump admitted. But […]
Looking at a political world in which anti-Israel and pro-terrorist Democrats will hamstring President Donald Trump, Iran rejoiced over American elections that handed Democrats control of Congress. Iranian Parliament Speaker […]
Iran’s top negotiator responded to the resounding Republican defeat in the midterm elections as proof of American voters rejecting President Trump’s war against his country and the associated economic burden.
About three-quarters of voters said the Iran War was a crucial factor in what candidate they supported in the 2026 midterm elections, according to an NBC exit poll. Among the 74% of voters who said the Iran War was a crucial factor, 62% voted Democratic and 35% voted Republican.
