Steve Inskeep

Trump turned 80 this week.

One voter who voted for him in 2024 had this message.

The signals are getting louder for this year's midterms.

Voters aren't happy.

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President Trump and Iran's president signed an initial agreement to end the war.

So what did the U.S.

gain?

I'm Steve Inskeep with A. Martinez, and this is Up First from NPR News.

President Trump is putting Senate Republicans in a hard spot.

He held back his pick for director of national intelligence until they meet his demands.

His threat is to leave that vital agency directed by a man who lawmakers consider dangerously unqualified.

The United States says it is prepared to lift decades of sanctions, potentially allowing hundreds of billions of dollars to flow to Iran.

In return, Iran repeats its promise never to build a nuclear weapon, a promise Iran has made for decades and that U.S.

officials usually have not believed.

The idea now is to spend 60 days negotiating terms to back up that promise.

OK, it's a little complicated because the president is stopping himself from installing someone in office.

But here's what we think is happening.

Bill Pulte, a man with a record of weaponizing government information to undermine Trump's perceived foes.