Leila Fadl

Has there actually been progress?

Yeah.

I mean, and the big issue, right, is still the Strait of Hormuz.

More than 100 ships a day used to travel through that waterway before the war.

And it's only since the U.S.

and Israel started this war that Iran took control of the strait.

So if combat operations are over, as we heard from Rubio, what happens with the strait?

Now, the Secretary of State briefed the press on this latest development.

Is that unusual?

That's White House correspondent Franco Ordonez.

Thank you, Franco.

Trump targeted seven incumbent state senators, backing challengers against them.

Most of the incumbents lost.

The latest NPR PBS News Marist poll helps us understand why we've seen consistent overperformance for Democrats this primary season, even in red states.

NPR senior political editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro has been sifting through the results and joins me now.

Hi, Domenico.

Hey, Leila.

So what are we learning about the midterm specifically?

OK, so it sounds like Democrats have a pretty sizable advantage here.

Could that mean a wave election?