JD Vance says he and Trump "feel pretty good" about prospects for a negotiated settlement

Vice President JD Vance told reporters on Monday, before an unnamed US official confirmed that American forces had struck Iranian targets, that he and President Donald Trump were upbeat about the negotiations. The official said the apparently limited operation, carried out as Tuesday’s midterm elections approached, targeted Iranians who had used missiles against US forces in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran had proposed a two-day plan to reopen the waterway and restart nuclear talks if Washington met its demands, while mediators pursued a framework under which Tehran would halt attacks in the strait and Washington would lift its blockade of Iranian ports, according to two officials. The war, more than eight months old, has rattled the world economy and become a political problem for Republicans; Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly urged more strikes after the vote.