Travelling story
Trump blames Iran for midterm defeat
First seen in United States’ press on 4 November 2026. Carried by 18 presses over 2 days, 98 articles in all; the busiest day was 4 November 2026 with 92 articles.
Running — the press of 18 countries carried it, the latest on 5 November 2026.
Articles per day
The spread, day by day
For each day: the articles the presses gave it, and the presses that carried it for the first time that day.
- 6 articles · 18 presses so far
no new press
- 92 articles · 18 presses so far
new: United States (20), United Kingdom (9), Mexico (7), Israel (6), Venezuela (6), Cyprus (5), India (5), Nigeria (5), Russia (5), Iran (4), South Africa (4), Argentina (3), Ukraine (3), Austria (2), Chile (2), Cuba (2), Honduras (2), United Arab Emirates (2)
The presses that carried it
Ranked by articles over the whole story; the date is the first day each press carried it.
- United States 23 articles · from 4 Nov 2026
- United Kingdom 9 articles · from 4 Nov 2026
- Israel 9 articles · from 4 Nov 2026
- Mexico 7 articles · from 4 Nov 2026
- Venezuela 6 articles · from 4 Nov 2026
- Cyprus 5 articles · from 4 Nov 2026
- India 5 articles · from 4 Nov 2026
- Nigeria 5 articles · from 4 Nov 2026
- Russia 5 articles · from 4 Nov 2026
- Iran 4 articles · from 4 Nov 2026
- South Africa 4 articles · from 4 Nov 2026
- Argentina 3 articles · from 4 Nov 2026
- Ukraine 3 articles · from 4 Nov 2026
- United Arab Emirates 2 articles · from 4 Nov 2026
- Austria 2 articles · from 4 Nov 2026
- Chile 2 articles · from 4 Nov 2026
- Cuba 2 articles · from 4 Nov 2026
- Honduras 2 articles · from 4 Nov 2026
What they wrote
A few headlines per day, in the outlets’ own words; the translation is ours when shown.
- Israel · 5 Nov 2026 Vance, Trump and the midterms: Is US support for Israel ending? ↗
- Israel · 5 Nov 2026 Vance breaks with Trump on Iran war as 2028 presidential race looms ↗
- United States · 5 Nov 2026 Vance blames Iran war for midterm losses, Trump agrees but says Iran couldn't have nuke ↗
- Israel · 5 Nov 2026 Vance's post should set off alarm bells in Jerusalem, as 10 fierce critics of Israel enter Congress ↗
- Israel · 4 Nov 2026 Trump blames Iran war for crushing Republican midterm defeat ↗
- Mexico · 4 Nov 2026 ...Y culpa a guerra en Irán y a candidatos por derrota ↗
- United Kingdom · 4 Nov 2026 Iran leads global reactions to Trump’s midterms disaster: ‘Americans are saying no to war’ ↗
- United States · 4 Nov 2026 Trump downplays midterm shellacking — and hints at plans for cabinet ↗
Topics are clustered daily from article embeddings across the outlets we read and chained day over day when their centroids match (cosine ≥ 0.80); a story is attributed to the press of each outlet’s country. Where it was first seen is where it first appeared in our feeds. Coverage, not truth; order of appearance, not origin or intent. Method →