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The US president said that the war will end ‘as soon as I want it to end’ as the midterms take place under a cloud of economic uncertainty Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox US president Donald Trump claimed the Iran war ‘will end very soon,’ as voters consider their options ahead of midterm elections that are taking place amid economic uncertainty and ongoing global conflict.

Speaking to reporters on Wednesday evening, Trump said : “The Iran war will end very soon.

It’s going to end very soon, as soon as I want it to end, it’ll end.” He added that Iran would “never have a nuclear weapon” and that oil prices would “drop like a rock”.

James Talarico, the Texas Democratic nominee for Senate, faced a grilling from undecided voters on a range of issues from Gaza to his faith at a town hall.

Something he emphasized was his aspiration to put residents above party allegiance.

Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he felt ‘betrayed’ by the US after Ukraine’s military access to Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite was restricted.

The US president has denied that the administration has cut intelligence sharing but Musk suggested on X that the US government was behind the restrictions .

Trump’s new press secretary Katie Zacharia is facing scrutiny over her claims that she’s a lawyer.

Zacharia has clarified some of the questions but the big one remains: has she ever passed the bar? Continue reading...