Crossfiled12 outlets · first filed 1 day ago
Vance says the Iran war cost Republicans the midterms
The Iran war was the reason for the Democrats' blue tsunami that stunned Washington, Vice President Vance said in an X post Wednesday morning. Why it matters: The VP offered a surprisingly blunt assessment of why the GOP got crushed Tuesday night — and started to put at least a little daylight betwe
What the coverage shows
Both CBS News and 60 Minutes center on Trump predicting the Iran war will end soon, and both tie that prediction to Qatari mediators pushing for a deal. The framing is nearly identical, but CBS News says the mediators are returning to Tehran to press for a deal, while 60 Minutes adds that the push is for a U.S.-Iran deal and mentions the midterms.
Written by Crossfiled from the 16 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.
How it broke
In this story
Get the 5 stories every outlet is covering, every morning. Free.
One email a day. Unsubscribe in one click. We host no journalism and never sell your address.
More on US Politics
- Progressive Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan Senate race to become first Muslim US senator 19 outlets
- Trump loses control of Congress 16 outlets
- James Talarico becomes first Democrat to win Texas Senate seat since 1988 13 outlets
- House Speaker Mike Johnson will not stay on as Republican leader after GOP losses 8 outlets
- U.S. midterm elections in pictures: Democrats' sweeping victories deliver rebuke to Trump 8 outlets
- Democrats win Senate control, Schumer vows "legislative razor wire" against Trump 7 outlets