The U.S. has conducted defensive strikes on some Iranian targets in the Strait of Hormuz, a U.S. official says.
Vance offered measured optimism on Monday (November 2, 2026) that a deal can still be struck to prevent President Donald Trump from following through on his threat to potentially order new strikes on Iran after the crucial midterm elections in the United States. Vice-President J.D. Mr. “I actually just spoke with the president of the United States about an hour ago about this. Look, the president and I both feel pretty good about the prospects for potentially coming to a negotiated settlement. We’re going to keep on working at it.”
Vance told reporters that he just spoke to Mr. Trump about talks with Iran and said that “the president and I both feel pretty good about the prospects for potentially coming to a negotiated settlement. “We’ve had a number of good conversations with the Iranians,” Mr. Vance told reporters when asked about the letter.
Mr. But the war has also loomed large for American voters ahead of Tuesday’s midterm elections. Rising prices at the pump, a byproduct of the war, have been a weight on Trump’s Republican Party as it tries to maintain control of both chambers of Congress. Mr.
7, 2023, attack. Oil prices dropped sharply on Monday (November 2, 2026) as renewed diplomatic efforts to end the war between the U.S. and Iran appeared to show signs of headway. Trump noted the drop in a speech in Washington on Monday, which was billed as his closing argument to Americans, and sought to minimize the scale of the conflict, which has cost US taxpayers at least $47 billion.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is pushing for another wave of strikes on Iran after Tuesday’s elections in the United States, according to two regional officials and a third person familiar with the matter.
Netanyahu had pushed for renewed strikes even before the Israeli election as he sought to highlight his security credentials to a public deeply scarred by Hamas’ Oct.
