U.S., Iran in fresh clashes amid peace talks

https://www.axios.com/world/iran" target="_blank">Iran's military fired four one-way drones at a U.S. Navy ship and a commercial ship, a senior U.S. official said.

• The U.S. military shot down the drones and attacked another Iranian drone launching unit on the ground before, the official added.

Why it matters: This is the second such skirmish in 48 hours.

• It happened as the U.S. and Iran https://www.axios.com/2026/05/23/us-iran-trump-deal-war" target="_blank">negotiate a deal for ending the war.

Of note: The exchange came hours after President https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/donald-trump" target="_blank">Trump said at a Cabinet https://www.c-span.org/program/white-house-event/president-trump-holds-cabinet-meeting/679960" target="_blank">meeting he's in no rush for a deal and suggested that Tehran thought it could "out-wait" because of the upcoming https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/2026-midterm-elections" target="_blank">midterm elections.

• "I don't care about the midterms.

  Look what happened last night, that was a prelude to the midterms.

  People understand it," Trump said, in reference to candidates he endorsed winning their primaries, including Texas Attorney General https://www.axios.com/local/austin/2026/05/27/texas-senate-gop-cornyn-paxton" target="_blank">Ken Paxton, who beat U.S. Sen. John Cornyn in a GOP Senate primary runoff.

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