Could Democrats in Congress end the war in Iran?

BBC, Daily Wire and PBS NewsHour report on Republican losses in the midterm elections, with the war in Iran emerging as the central explanation offered from inside the party. Democrats took control of both the Senate and the House, and BBC frames the result as a new balance of power that could shape the conflict.

PBS NewsHour, citing the Associated Press, says Vice President JD Vance split with President Donald Trump on Wednesday, posting online that the unpopular war cost the GOP the Senate for six years. Trump, who has kept defending the war, said he knew it would affect the election, called Vance's post good and said he understood his feelings. An AP Voter Poll found about six in ten voters called the military action the wrong decision, though only about a third deemed it crucial to their House vote, versus roughly half for cost of living or government corruption.

Daily Wire adds that anonymous Republican operatives and people near the White House widely blame the war, and that some want Trump to wrap it up and declare victory. The White House, by contrast, described its mood as defiant and said Trump was not on the ballot.

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