MIDTERM ELECTIONS

Reporting and analysis related to midterm elections.

• Iran Rejects Qatar's 'Unacceptable Ideas' as Iran War Cost Hits $47 Billion and IAEA Loses Track of Uranium

  Five days before the midterms, Tehran disputes a Qatari draft deal, CENTCOM tallies $47.1 billion in costs and Washington readies Gulf allies for a possible short, intense campaign.

• Qatar Hands Iran 7-Day Draft Deal as U.S. Warns Gulf States of 'Short, Intense' Post-Midterm Strikes

  Tehran is expected to answer a guaranteed, step-by-step peace plan this week, even as Trump says "you'll see Iran in a couple of weeks."

• Trump Invokes Defense Production Act for Oil Refining as First Russian Diesel Tanker Heads to New York

  A Section 303 order and up to $150 million in DPA funds target fuel prices 10 days before the midterms, as the tanker Agioi Fanendes sails from Primorsk with 40,000 tons of Russian diesel.

• Will Warsh's Fed Hike Rates Before the Midterms? Inside the Oct. 28 Decision After a 3.7% CPI Shock

  Iran-war fuel prices pushed September inflation to 3.7%, putting a rare pre-election rate hike on the table for the Oct. 27-28 FOMC meeting.