NPR News: 06-23-2026 3PM EDT

Kristen Wright· Host0:02

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Kristen Wright. The US and Iran are saying opposite things about whether Tehran has agreed to allow UN inspections of its damaged nuclear sites. According to Iran's foreign ministry, there are no such plans. Vice President Vance, though, has said there are. President Trump addressed the issue while speaking to reporters in Pennsylvania this afternoon.

Donald Trump· Soundbite0:25

They're wrong. They're wrong. They know they're wrong. They told us inside, and we have it down 100% inspections. And if they were right, I'd cancel the meetings right now.

Kristen Wright· Host0:35

He's referring to negotiators meeting in Geneva to discuss the terms of the tentative deal to end the war. Trump says International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors will be on the ground at, quote, "the appropriate time." President Trump says six people have been arrested for vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, an iconic DC landmark. He posted on Truth Social this afternoon that there's a three-hundred-and-fifty-foot gash in the lining, but hasn't shared any evidence, and the newly painted bottom has already started peeling. There are election primaries and runoffs today in four states: Maryland, New York, South Carolina, and Utah. NPR's Sage Miller says voters in Utah will be choosing from several candidates for a newly redrawn congressional seat.

Sage Miller1:19

For the first time in modern history, Utah has a safe Democratic congressional seat that could help determine the makeup of the House majority come November. It's also one of