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Coverage timeline for “trump iran election midterm”

Sunday, August 9, 2026
- Trump Says "We Are Low Keying It" With Iran As Options For Walking Away Have Drastically NarrowedZeroHedge•8:55 PM
Wednesday, August 12, 2026
- Futures Rise Led By Tech Before Key CPI ReportZeroHedge•11:56 AM
- Trump Mulls Capital Gains Relief As Midterm SweetenerZeroHedge•3:20 PM
Thursday, August 13, 2026
- Araghchi Mocks 'Fake Intelligence' Amid Skepticism Over Iranian Plot Against Trump In TurkeyZeroHedge•6:20 PM
Friday, August 14, 2026
- GOP finds its next progressive target in MinnesotaAxios•9:10 AM
- Bessent: US Readies Economic Isolation Of Iran "Like The World Has Never Seen Before" ZeroHedge•1:00 PM
Sunday, August 16, 2026
- Five Things Republicans Have Going for Them Headed into the MidtermsThe Western Journal•3:00 PM
- 'Delusional': Iran Fires Back At Trump's Make 'Hormuz Strait A Territory Of The US' AmbitionsZeroHedge•3:05 PM
- 'Dems Don't Give A Crap About The Country': Martin Armstrong Sees Very, Very Tight Midterm ElectionZeroHedge•11:50 PM
Monday, August 17, 2026
- Trump Threatens To 'Bomb The S**t' Out Of Oman & Touts IRGC BackchannelZeroHedge•12:50 PM
- It’s about ethics in journalism, with Ben SmithThe Verge•2:00 PM
Tuesday, August 18, 2026
- Trump Posts Map Depicting Hormuz As 'New' US Territory, Just After Latest Tanker Attack By IraniansZeroHedge•12:20 PM
- The US Is Forcing Others To Take Sides, As Is ChinaZeroHedge•3:15 PM
Thursday, August 20, 2026
- Texas and Iowa Senate races shift toward Democrats: Cook Political ReportWashington Examiner•6:52 PM
Friday, August 21, 2026
- Why oil markets are ignoring Trump's "truths"Axios•9:15 AM
- Futures Rise On Opex Day As Yields Stabilize; Bitcoin Almost Tags $80,000ZeroHedge•12:34 PM
- China Firmly Rejects US Demand To Back Its 'Most Crushing Economic Operation' Against IranZeroHedge•12:45 PM
Sunday, August 23, 2026
- Iran war: Top US lawmaker says Republicans can ‘absolutely’ win midtermsAl Jazeera•5:53 PM
Monday, August 24, 2026
- Hakeem Jeffries meeting with Jared Kushner sparks backlash amongst Democrats ahead of midterm elections – US politics liveThe Guardian — World•10:50 AM
- Futures Slide Ahead Of "Pivotal Week" With Nvidia Earnings. Warsh Speech On DeckZeroHedge•12:25 PM
- Key Events This Week: Jackson Hole. Nvidia Earnings And Core PCEZeroHedge•2:45 PM
- Bessent unveils sanctions designed to cripple IranAxios•5:05 PM
Tuesday, August 25, 2026
- Rabobank: Bessent's Buyback Looks A Lot Like "Whatever It Takes", And Druck Isn't A FanZeroHedge•2:40 PM
- Approval Of Trump's Presidency And The War On Iran Hit New LowsZeroHedge•8:40 PM
- Rubio tells allies U.S. shifting from strikes to sanctions on IranAxios•9:29 PM
Wednesday, August 26, 2026
- Darline Graham wins South Carolina GOP nomination to replace her late brother in US Senate – US politics liveThe Guardian — World•9:56 AM
- The Great Games AfootZeroHedge•4:05 PM
Thursday, August 27, 2026
- Republicans face midterm verdict as Iran war drags on longer than Trump promisedABC News•10:45 AM
Friday, August 28, 2026
- Swift appeal likely as judge blocks Trump mail voting order – US politics liveThe Guardian — World•10:26 AM
Sunday, August 30, 2026
- 'No End In Sight': Democrats Make Trump Foreign Policy A Central Issue After 6-Months Of Iran WarZeroHedge•7:10 PM
Monday, August 31, 2026
- Trump’s tariffs and Iran war driving voter discontent ahead of midterm elections: Hugo GurdonWashington Examiner•5:55 PM
- Cenk Uygur: GOP’s biggest midterm vulnerability isn’t Iran or the economyWashington Examiner•5:55 PM
Tuesday, September 1, 2026
- House to vote on stopgap funding bill as lawmakers scramble to avoid government shutdown – US politics liveThe Guardian — World•9:54 AM
Wednesday, September 2, 2026
- Futures Swing As Global Bond Yields Follow Oil Tick For TickZeroHedge•12:18 PM
- Iran fires on its Gulf neighbors, retaliating for U.S. strikes after a monthlong lullNPR World•3:18 PM
- US Diesel At Pump Nears April War High As Global Refining Crisis DeepensZeroHedge•5:20 PM
- Trump says midterm elections won’t impact timeline for war with IranWashington Examiner•6:53 PM
Thursday, September 3, 2026
- Judge blocks new Trump bid against birthright citizenship – US politics liveThe Guardian — World•10:07 AM
- Iran Unleashes Fresh Attack Waves On Kuwait, UAE As Trump Signals De-escalation Ahead Of MidtermsZeroHedge•1:30 PM
- ‘I wouldn’t call it a war’: JD Vance’s jaw-dropper after reporter asks about Iran timeline - The IndependentGoogle News•7:36 PM
- Trump Administration Live Updates: Vance Says ‘I Don’t Know’ if Iran War Will Be Over by Midterms - The New York TimesGoogle News•9:29 PM
Friday, September 4, 2026
- Bibi Makes Crystal Clear That Toppling Iran Is Israel's 'Central Mission, Within Reach'ZeroHedge•1:20 AM
- Rabobank: "The World As We Knew It No Longer Exists"ZeroHedge•1:40 PM
- Scoop: Trump administration drafting post-war Middle East planAxios•5:49 PM
- Vance Suggests Iran Conflict Could Drag Through Midterms, But At Least We're Not Calling It A WarZeroHedge•10:00 PM
Saturday, September 5, 2026
- "We're stuck:" GOP accepts Trump's all-about-me midtermsAxios•1:19 PM
Sunday, September 6, 2026
- Hegseth's Polygraphs Return To Pentagon In 'Major Leak Hunt' Over Iran WarZeroHedge•2:45 AM
Monday, September 7, 2026
- Iran war drives $100 billion in extra energy costs for U.S. consumersAxios•11:39 AM
- Futures Drop As Iran Hostilities Send Brent To 6 Week High Above $97ZeroHedge•1:22 PM
Tuesday, September 8, 2026
- In Putin Call, Trump Seeks Swift End To Ukraine War & Restoration Of US-Russia TiesZeroHedge•4:35 PM
- Trump's summer of sabotageAxios•10:47 PM
Wednesday, September 9, 2026
- Musk's PAC goes big on trans attack adsAxios•9:00 AM
- Trump center stage at RNC in midterms gamble – US politics liveThe Guardian — World•10:32 AM
- Iran claims to have attacked 10 ships near strait of Hormuz after US strikesThe Guardian — World•3:32 PM
- Trump says oil and gas prices won't fall until 'right after' midterm election - CNBCGoogle News•6:34 PM
- Trump predicts Iran war will end right after midterm electionsWashington Examiner•6:42 PM
- Trump says Iran war will end ‘immediately’ after midterms - PoliticoGoogle News•7:17 PM
- Energy Department raises 2027 diesel price outlook by 33 cents amid Iran warAxios•7:36 PM
- Trump says Iran war will end right after U.S. midterm elections - ReutersGoogle News•8:06 PM
- Elon Musk's PAC Bets Trans Issue Push Will Drive GOP Voters To The PollsZeroHedge•8:40 PM
- Trump says Iran war ‘will end immediately’ after US midterm electionsAl Jazeera•9:09 PM
- Trump says Iran war ‘will end immediately’ after US midterm elections - aljazeera.comGoogle News•9:16 PM
- Exclusive | Trump’s Top Advisers Confront Possibility That Iran War Lasts Through End of Term - WSJGoogle News•11:00 PM
- Trump: Iran War Will End ‘Immediately After’ Midterms, ‘Tehran Can’t Hold Out Any Longer’Breitbart•11:03 PM
- Live updates: Trump set to speak at Republican midterms convention in Dallas - BBCGoogle News•11:28 PM
- Exclusive: Trump plans to send $500 Obamacare rebates before electionAxios•11:30 PM
- Iran war won't end until after US midterm elections, says Trump - bbc.comGoogle News•11:46 PM
Thursday, September 10, 2026
- Trump says the war in Iran will end after Election Day - NBC NewsGoogle News•3:02 AM
- US citizens will receive $5,000 if Republicans win midterms, Trump claims in lengthy convention speechThe Guardian — World•3:59 AM
- Trump Predicts Iran War Will End “Immediately” After November MidtermsNatural News•6:00 AM
- Trump makes case for Iran war, promises $5,000 payouts if GOP wins midterms - The Washington PostGoogle News•8:18 AM
- GOP uses 9/11 anniversary to bash left-wing DemsAxios•9:10 AM
- Trump makes highly unusual promise of $5,000 for all if Republicans win midterms | First ThingThe Guardian — World•10:49 AM
- Brent Tops $102 As Mideast Conflict Intensifies, HSBC Hikes Oil Forecast ZeroHedge•11:20 AM
- Trump Floats $5,000 "Stimmy" Checks For Every US Adult Citizen If GOP Holds CongressZeroHedge•12:05 PM
- Futures Slide As Yields, Oil Spike Ahead Of PPIZeroHedge•12:27 PM
- Iran War Until 2029? Vance, Rubio Privately Warn Trump It Could Drag Through End Of His TermZeroHedge•1:45 PM
- Why the current tech backlash feels differentThe Verge•2:00 PM
- Betting Against The House?ZeroHedge•2:25 PM
- Trump’s Iran war now has a midterm election problemAl Jazeera•4:43 PM

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