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Trump considering strikes against Houthis in Yemen after attacks on Saudi Arabia

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President Trump is considering launching U.S. military strikes against the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen, following a wave of attacks on Saudi Arabia. Holly Williams reports.

What the coverage shows

Coverage converges on a new round of Houthi attacks on Saudi targets and on the idea that the Trump administration is weighing a U.S. response. CBS News leans most directly into the White House angle, while AP and NBC foreground Saudi defenses and vulnerability, and CNN, France 24, CNBC and Al Jazeera center the Aramco and Riyadh strikes. Democracy Now! is alone in framing the story mainly as Yemen’s war worsening, and The Economist’s extract does not add detail beyond the attack itself.

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