US ordered Pentagon to prepare Iran strike options before midterms — The Atlantic

The administration of the US president has instructed the Pentagon to develop options for strikes on targets in Iran, to be ready before the midterm elections in Congress, according to The Atlantic. The scale and specific objectives of the potential strikes, as well as whether the administration will ultimately decide to carry them out, are still being discussed. "This would create the impression that the president achieved a victory, and gas prices would start to fall," an unnamed Republican Party member told the publication.