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Coverage timeline for “trump iran us midterms”

Wednesday, July 8, 2026
- The Plumbing For Vast Defense Spending Needs To Be Set UpZeroHedge•2:05 PM
Thursday, July 9, 2026
- The Choice To Go Up Or Down The Escalation Ladder Now Lies With IranZeroHedge•2:00 PM
Friday, July 10, 2026
- GOP senators dread pre-election shutdown fightAxios•5:42 PM
Tuesday, July 14, 2026
- Comfortably BombZeroHedge•2:00 AM
Saturday, July 18, 2026
- Why is Trump risking midterm disaster by resuming an already unpopular war with Iran?The Guardian — World•9:00 AM
Sunday, July 19, 2026
- Gas prices are rising again — and so is GOP grief in the midtermsAxios•11:45 AM
- GOP midterms strategy: Make it a "hate election"Axios•12:50 PM
Tuesday, July 21, 2026
- The Democrats' Financial Situation Appears To Be Worse Than Previously KnownZeroHedge•10:55 AM
- Scoop: Trump's top MAGA advisers gather to plot midtermsAxios•8:30 PM
Friday, July 24, 2026
- Trump Losing Patience, In 'Revenge Mode' After 13th Consecutive Night Of US Strikes On IranZeroHedge•12:40 PM
- Trump sued hours after new tariffs take effect, as experts say they may not hold up - CNBCGoogle News•9:46 PM
- Death Toll Revised Lower: Trump Admin Accused Of Playing Politics With Iran War CasualtiesZeroHedge•10:00 PM
Sunday, July 26, 2026
- 100 days out from Election Day, our insider shares his intel - AxiosGoogle News•1:18 PM
- 100 days until the midterms: Dems lead in polling, GOP in redistricting - USA TodayGoogle News•5:36 PM
Monday, July 27, 2026
- Senate to begin voting on Trump intelligence nominee Jay Clayton – US politics liveThe Guardian — World•11:06 AM
- Futures Jump As Brent Tumbles Below $90 On Fresh Round Of Iran Ceasefire OptimismZeroHedge•12:22 PM
- Deep State In "Fight To The Death" To Defend Voter FraudZeroHedge•4:25 PM
Wednesday, July 29, 2026
- Trump Vows To Hit Iran 'Hard' As Rare Joint US-Saudi Strikes Pound Iraq, Killing 20 MilitantsZeroHedge•12:45 PM
Thursday, July 30, 2026
- IRGC Strikes Jordan Again After 2-Hour US Bombardment Kills Iranian Troops, Civilians - Hormuz Traffic Creeps HigherZeroHedge•12:35 PM
Friday, July 31, 2026
- Bombing Campaign In Search Of A Strategy: Pentagon Offers Trump Two-Week 'Go Bigger' Plan In IranZeroHedge•3:00 AM
Wednesday, August 5, 2026
- Trump's golden age reality checkAxios•9:30 AM
- Futures Hit New Record High On Strong Earnings Following Historic Call Buying FrenzyZeroHedge•12:20 PM
Friday, August 7, 2026
- Exclusive: GOP plans socialism telethon at midterm conventionAxios•9:27 AM
- Iran hopes to deal Trump a blow at midterms by keeping him entangled in warThe Guardian — World•11:47 AM
Wednesday, August 12, 2026
- Speaking Loudly And Leaning On A Big SchtickZeroHedge•2:20 PM
- Trump Mulls Capital Gains Relief As Midterm SweetenerZeroHedge•3:20 PM
Thursday, August 13, 2026
- Futures Rise, Just Under Record High Ahead Of PPI ReportZeroHedge•12:00 PM
Friday, August 14, 2026
- GOP finds its next progressive target in MinnesotaAxios•9:10 AM
Saturday, August 15, 2026
- Iran says Strait of Hormuz 'will remain Iranian' after Trump warning - Euronews.comGoogle News•7:04 AM
Sunday, August 16, 2026
- Trump: 9 Months At Sea For USS Lincoln 'Not Nearly Long Enough'ZeroHedge•12:25 AM
- Trump wants more economic pressure on Iran. What are his options? - ReutersGoogle News•11:34 AM
- '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
- Trump demands Iran ‘put up the white flag of surrender’ as MoU expiresAl Jazeera•3:06 PM
Tuesday, August 18, 2026
- "Sea Of Red": Futures Slide As Market Wakes Up To Soaring Bond Yields And Diesel PricesZeroHedge•12:30 PM
- The US Is Forcing Others To Take Sides, As Is ChinaZeroHedge•3:15 PM
Thursday, August 20, 2026
- Here's how America's $40 trillion debt can hit your walletAxios•10:56 PM
Friday, August 21, 2026
- Futures Rise On Opex Day As Yields Stabilize; Bitcoin Almost Tags $80,000ZeroHedge•12:34 PM
Saturday, August 22, 2026
- President AOC's First TermZeroHedge•1:20 PM
Sunday, August 23, 2026
- Iran war: Top US lawmaker says Republicans can ‘absolutely’ win midtermsAl Jazeera•5:53 PM
Monday, August 24, 2026
- Futures Slide Ahead Of "Pivotal Week" With Nvidia Earnings. Warsh Speech On DeckZeroHedge•12:25 PM
- Trump’s Economic Approach Draws Concern From Some Republicans - The New York TimesGoogle News•1:30 PM
- Escalated U.S.-Canada trade talks threaten falloutAxios•4:36 PM
- Expect higher prices after Trump admin's latest moves on Canada, Iran - USA TodayGoogle News•8:18 PM
Tuesday, August 25, 2026
- Trump's Iran "D-Day" leaves sanctions hammer hangingAxios•9:35 AM
- Markets Now Face Two Wars And Two Economic WarsZeroHedge•12:20 PM
- Approval Of Trump's Presidency And The War On Iran Hit New LowsZeroHedge•8:40 PM
Wednesday, August 26, 2026
- Futures Flat Ahead Of Key PCE Report, Nvidia EarningsZeroHedge•12:12 PM
- The Great Games AfootZeroHedge•4:05 PM
- Don't Trust The Midterm PollsZeroHedge•8:20 PM
Friday, August 28, 2026
- Swift appeal likely as judge blocks Trump mail voting order – US politics liveThe Guardian — World•10:26 AM
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
- Feedstock Is Not Fuel: Why Venezuelan Crude Is No Near-Term FixZeroHedge•2:35 AM
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
- Iran war: Why US midterms could be a pivotal momentAl Jazeera•11:12 AM
- Rabobank: "The World As We Knew It No Longer Exists"ZeroHedge•1:40 PM
- Russia Tries To Assassinate Ukraine's SBU Chief With Unprecedented Drone Attack On Kyiv HQZeroHedge•4:15 PM
- Live updates • IDF launches strikes in Lebanon, cites attempted Hezbollah drone attack - HaaretzGoogle News•7:41 PM
- Vance Suggests Iran Conflict Could Drag Through Midterms, But At Least We're Not Calling It A WarZeroHedge•10:00 PM
- Brooks and Capehart on Trump calling Iran war 'small potatoes' - PBSGoogle News•10:30 PM
- Trump calls Iran conflict ‘small potatoes’ and says he agrees with Vance that it’s not a ‘war’ - AP NewsGoogle News•10:52 PM
- ‘Small potatoes’: US President Trump downplays war on Iran - Al JazeeraGoogle News•11:58 PM
Saturday, September 5, 2026
- "We're stuck:" GOP accepts Trump's all-about-me midtermsAxios•1:19 PM
- 'Can't Message That Away': GOP Frets as Trump Administration Desperately Spins Record-High Diesel Prices - Common DreamsGoogle News•4:47 PM
Sunday, September 6, 2026
- Donald Trump’s approval rating falls to lowest yet in FT poll - ft.comGoogle News•4:03 AM
- Trump approval rating drops to record low in new poll - The IndependentGoogle News•11:11 AM
- Poll: Cracks emerge in GOP support for Trump and his handling of the Iran war - nbcnews.comGoogle News•1:00 PM
- Trump's approval drops among Republicans ahead of midterms, new poll shows - USA TodayGoogle News•1:01 PM
Monday, September 7, 2026
- Trump approval rating drops to record low in new poll - The IndependentGoogle News•3:19 AM
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
- Futures Slide As Brent Tops $100, 10Y Yields Rise Above 4.81% Ahead Of Expanded Treasury BuybackZeroHedge•12:37 PM
- What is Jordan’s Al-Azraq base and why is Iran targeting it? - Al JazeeraGoogle News•2:22 PM
- Trump says the US-Iran war will end right after midtermsAl Jazeera•11:22 PM
- Live updates: Trump set to speak at Republican midterms convention in Dallas - BBCGoogle News•11:28 PM

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