The Holdup at the Center of the Iran Talks, and Trump’s Baseless New Claims of Voter Fraud
6/9/202611 min
Plus, “I’m busy, but you can talk to my A.I. twin.”
Here’s what we’re covering:
Israel Halts Strikes After Trump Claims Progress Toward Nuclear Talks, Officials Say, by Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Swan and Ronen Bergman
A Challenge in the U.S.-Iran Talks: Both Sides Demand Victory, by Erika Solomon, Farnaz Fassihi and Tyler Pager
Trump Nominates Blanche for Attorney General, Setting Up Confirmation Fight, by Devlin Barrett and Glenn Thrush
Trump Previews Fall Strategy With Baseless Claims of California Vote Fraud, by Jonathan Swan and Maggie Haberman
What Maine Voters Are Saying About Platner on the Eve of the Primary, by Tim Balk, Alicia Anstead and Kathleen Tomaselli
OpenAI Files to Go Public as A.I. Companies Rush to Wall St., by Cade Metz
‘Talk to My A.I. Twin’: Busy Executives Have a New Productivity Hack, by Sarah Kessler
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Tracy Mumford· Host0:29
[Instrumental music] From The New York Times, it's the headlines. I'm Tracy Mumford. Today's Tuesday, June 9th. Here's what we're covering. Yesterday, missiles and fighter jets were streaking across the Middle East as Iran and Israel launched a series of major attacks for the first time in months. As the fighting escalated, Israel was on the verge of launching another wave of strikes when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu got a call from President Trump. According to US and Israeli officials, Trump asked Netanyahu to stand down, claiming that the US and Iran were within days of a breakthrough in their ongoing peace talks.
Speaker 21:13
President Trump has been saying for weeks now that Iran and the United States are just at the cusp of an agreement, but it continues to not materialize. So my colleagues and I have spent the past few weeks talking to mediators, trying to understand what is the hangup.