Trump says US will not strike Iran before midterms

What the coverage shows

Most outlets converge on Trump reversing or clarifying his Iran comments by saying the U.S. will not strike Iran before the midterms, with Axios, The Hill, CNBC, CBS News and the Washington Post all framing it that way. A second cluster focuses instead on the earlier remarks about Los Angeles and San Diego, with the Los Angeles Times, NBC News and The Guardian highlighting backlash and Trump’s “we protect our cities” follow-up. The Atlantic and Axios are alone in foregrounding reports of Pentagon or military preparations before the pledge.

Written by Crossfiled from the 20 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.