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  "title": "Analysis-Beaten at home, Trump faces stark choice on Iran: deal or escalation",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/analysis-beaten-at-home-trump-faces-stark-choice-on-iran-deal-or",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-04T18:46:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Al-Monitor",
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    "url": "https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/11/analysis-beaten-home-trump-faces-stark-choice-iran-deal-or-escalation"
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  "summary": "By Samia Nakhoul DUBAI, Nov 4 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump went to war seeking regime change in Iran. Instead, it was his own grip on Washington that gave way, as voters weary of the war and hit by soaring fuel prices handed Democrats control of Congress. That leaves a weakened president facing a choice between a negotiated exit and a riskier escalation. In Tehran and among its allies,…",
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