Trump Says U.S. Still Must Hit One or Two Iran Sites as Iran Warns of Wider Response

President Donald Trump said Saturday at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, that the U.S. has knocked out much of Iran's military and nuclear capacity but still must hit one or two sites, which he said could take 10 minutes. He said Qatari-mediated talks were going fine, though Iran was unreliable, and that the U.S. was in no great hurry. He named the suspected underground complex Pickaxe Mountain, which Iran denies uses for nuclear work. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Trump had not decided on new strikes. Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei reportedly ordered forces to prepare a response without geographic limits. On Sunday, Iranian negotiators held a third straight day of talks in Doha, and army spokesman Mohammad Akraminia said a new war could last longer than the last. Midterm elections are Tuesday, and the last confirmed strikes were in August. Qatar said a gas carrier, Al Mayeda, was hit Friday with no injuries.

Left-leaning CBS News headlines Trump's remark about more targets, then leads with the Doha talks, the possible resumption of strikes after the November 3 election, Akraminia's warning and the Qatari tanker attack, framing the story around diplomacy under threat. Right-leaning outlets center Iranian escalation and Trump's position of strength. The Washington Examiner stresses his no-hurry stance and claims of destroyed Iranian equipment, with Khamenei's and Maj. Gen. Ali Abdollahi's threats, and calls Iran terrorist-sponsoring. Breitbart leads with Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi's earth-shattering-blow warning, a reply to German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on energy costs, as Trump weighs strikes. Both sides report the one-or-two-sites remark and Iran's threats; CBS adds the tanker and talks, while the right omits them. Middle East Eye resembles CBS in leading with Iran's warning.