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The 7

White working-class voters sour on Trump; 'exercise snacks'; relationship secrets; and more

The 7

The Washington Post

News, Daily News

4.51.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2026

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Thursday, May 28. The seven stories you need to know today.


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0:00.0

President Trump changed his tune about an Iran ceasefire.

0:07.8

A man was accused of stealing gold bars from the CIA, and we asked long-married couples how they made it work.

0:16.6

That's some of what we'll get to on the 7 from the Washington Post.

0:20.4

I'm Hannah Jewell.

0:21.5

It's Thursday, May 28th. Let's get you caught up with today's seven stories.

0:29.2

Number one. U.S. forces carried out a strike on an Iranian drone launch site early this morning.

0:37.2

Military officials said the U.S. struck the site after shooting down four attack drones

0:42.3

near the Strait of Hormuz. Iran said it launched a retaliatory strike targeting a U.S. airbase

0:48.3

in Kuwait. It's another test of a fragile ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran and of ongoing peace negotiations.

0:57.0

In a cabinet meeting yesterday, President Donald Trump insisted he had maximum negotiating power

1:02.5

with Iran and was not under political pressure to make a deal.

1:06.0

The money has no value. Their whole economic system is broken down. They thought they were going to outweigh me,

1:14.0

you know, we'll outweigh him. He's got the midterms. I don't care about the midterms.

1:17.5

Trump also said that if Iran did not make the concessions he wanted, the U.S. would, quote,

1:23.7

finish them off. And Trump appeared to criticize the nation of Oman's negotiations with Iran

1:29.9

over possible fees on ship traffic in the Strait of Hormuz.

1:34.0

Oman will behave just like everybody else who will have to blow them up. They understand that.

1:39.6

They'll be fine.

1:41.1

Trump's comments come in sharp contrast to those by administration officials over the weekend,

1:46.5

who said that a deal with Iran was 95% there.

1:56.7

President Trump's approval rating is plunging among his white working class base.

2:02.8

That's number two.

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