It’s been six months since the war in Iran started. Is anyone winning?

美伊打半年,美国亏麻了还没赢?

Apple News Today

2026-08-28

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It’s been six months since President Trump went to war with Iran. Attempts at regime change, extracting nuclear concessions, and diplomatic talks have failed. The Wall Street Journal’s Alex Ward unpacks why. Americans are angry about AI data centers. And with the midterm elections fast approaching, Molly Hennessy-Fiske with the Washington Post looked at how the dynamic is playing out in Texas. The U.S. Open tennis tournament used to be affordable, but that era is gone. Matthew Futterman with The Athletic explains what changed. Plus, Americans are among the many people missing in Nepal after a deadly flash flood, new details in the LaGuardia Airport crash, and a 12-year-old pitcher who became a Little League World Series legend. Today’s episode was hosted by Yasmeen Khan.
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  • Good morning.

  • Six months into the war with Iran, both sides are damaged and talks are at a standstill.

  • I think it's very clear that the Americans have not achieved their objective,

  • while the Iranians have become a weaker country.

  • Lawmakers who once embraced data centers are starting to turn against them.

  • And why ticket prices for the US Open have soared.

  • It's Friday, August 28th.

  • I'm Yasmeen Khan in for Shumita Basu.

  • This is Apple News Today.

  • When President Trump launched a war with Iran in February,

  • killing its supreme leader and urging Iranians to overthrow their government,

  • he claimed the conflict would last several weeks at most.

  • But it's been six months now.

  • The regime in place has shown no real signs of backing down.

  • A June ceasefire to find an off-ramp to the war hasn't led to a lasting agreement.

  • Now, there's a deadlock in talks,

  • and the Trump administration is hoping that economic pressure, instead of strikes,

  • will move the needle toward ending the conflict.

  • Both countries are worse off from this war.

  • And when you listen to what the Trump administration aimed to accomplish,