How the Iran War May Play a Role in the MidtermsNEWS | 03 May 2026Fallout from the war in Iran may play a role in the midterm elections, particularly when it comes to the economy. Panelists on Washington Week With The Atlantic joined last night to discuss this, and more.
“People have been feeling glum about the economy for a really long time,” Idrees Kahloon, a staff writer at The Atlantic, argued last night. But the conditions created by the war in Iran, such as the effects on the global oil market, he added, are “not the set of economic priorities you want to be sending before you go to the midterms.”
Joining the editor in chief of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg, to discuss this and more: Peter Baker, the chief White House correspondent at The New York Times; Susan Glasser, a staff writer at The New Yorker; Kahloon; Ashley Parker, a staff writer at The Atlantic.
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