Trump calls Iran conflict a 'soft war,' insists US holds the cards ahead of midterm elections

What the coverage shows

Both outlets center Trump and Iran, but they frame the story differently. Fox News foregrounds Trump’s “soft war” remark on Hannity and includes the detail that it came hours after the US struck Iran’s Qeshm Island, while The Guardian US turns the headline into a question about whether Trump will relaunch a war after the midterm elections and says reports have suggested a new bombing campaign. The Guardian’s extract is the only one that explicitly raises the post-midterm angle as an open question.

Written by Crossfiled from the 5 headlines and extracts below, not from the articles themselves. It describes how the outlets framed this, not what happened. Open any headline for a summary of that article.