{"id":"n_ih45qjubruykyorfbjbq","seq":9232249,"kind":"article","title":"Rubio says Trump’s war against Iran not ‘necessarily popular’ but needed to stop a nuclear threat","url":"https://www.41nbc.com/marco-rubio-defends-iran-war-republican-midterm-losses","summary":"By MATTHEW LEE and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press HOMESTEAD AIR RESERVE BASE, Fla. (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Sunday that President Donald Trump launched the war against Iran even if it was not “necessarily popular” to safeguard the world from the country’s nuclear ambitions. He would not comment directly about the Republican wipeout in Tuesday’s elections,...","published":"2026-11-09T21:28:53Z","seen":"2026-11-09T22:44:38Z","lang":"en","country":"US","source":{"id":"kite-41nbc-com-6777fa","name":"41nbc.com","domain":"41nbc.com"},"via":"kite-41nbc-com-6777fa","topics":["georgia","across the nation","donald trump","gasoline prices","iran","iran nuclear program","iran war","jd vance"],"authors":["Associated Press"],"story":"st_vnpp7qy6kjcjxzf2po2q","category":"politics","category_p":0.85,"sentiment":"negative","tone":-0.57,"political":0.98}