Middle East War Intensifies, Trump's Rational For War, First Midterm Primaries

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Up First

2026-03-04

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The Middle East war is in its fifth day as the U.S. and Israel keep striking targets across Iran and Lebanon, Iran retaliates into the Gulf, and funeral preparations begin for Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.President Trump is offering shifting explanations for why the U.S. struck Iran, as the White House tries to unify its message and Americans remain wary about what the war is meant to achieve.And the first midterm primary results are in, with Democrats in Texas choosing James Talarico and early races in North Carolina and Arkansas offering a first read on where both parties are headed. Want more analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? Subscribe to the Up First newsletter.Today’s episode of Up First was edited by Hannah Bloch, Rebekah Metzler, Dana Farrington, Mohamad ElBardicy and Alice Woelfle.It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Ana Perez and Nia DumasOur director is Christopher Thomas.We get engineering support from Neisha Heinis. Our technical director is Carleigh Strange.Our Supervising Producer is Michael Lipkin.(0:00) Introduction(01:55) Middle East War Intensifies(05:58) Trump's Rational For War(09:36) First Midterm Primaries To manage podcast ad preferences, review the links below: See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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  • The Pentagon says not a single Iranian ship is left in the waterways off Iran.

  • It's also targeting symbols of the regime, including the country's paramilitary forces.

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  • President Trump answered questions publicly for the first time about why the U.S.

  • attacked Iran.

  • It was my opinion that they were going to attack first.

  • They were going to attack if we didn't do it.

  • His secretary of state gave a different rationale to reporters.

  • And people in Arkansas,

  • North Carolina and Texas cast their votes in the first primaries of the midterms.

  • Democrats in Texas chose James Talarico to try and flip the U.S.

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  • military action in Iran.

  • President Trump calls it a war and says the goal is regime change.