How Trump’s Iran War May Sink Republican Midterm Chances

What the coverage shows

Most outlets converge on Trump’s U.N. speech as the story’s anchor, especially his threat to “annihilate” Iran, while several also pair it with the Iranian president’s defiant U.N. response. CBS News and The Guardian US alone explicitly foreground fresh U.S.-Iran talks on the sidelines of the summit, and the Washington Post and Fox News stand out for shifting the frame to Republican candidates breaking with Trump over the war. Reuters, AP, BBC, NPR and others emphasize Tehran’s refusal to surrender but keep diplomacy on the table.

Written by Crossfiled from the 48 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.