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Live updates: Trump says he is really close to a deal with Iran ahead of whirlwind weekend
Follow the latest news on President Donald Trump and his administration | June 12, 2026
“I understand the answer is yes” President Donald Trump said when asked by reporters if Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei has agreed to the deal aimed at winding down the conflict.
Here’s what we’re following:President Donald Trump has long been looking for this weekend to be a big one for his presidency. The World Cup returns to the U.S. on Friday, On Sunday, his 80th birthday, he hosts a UFC fight night at the White House. Hours later, he’s scheduled to jet off to the G7 summit in the French Alps. But Trump set expectations even higher when he announced that the U.S. and Iran could come to terms this weekend on an agreement that would end the war.Trump’s handpicked board at the Kennedy Center is mounting a last-minute effort to keep his name on the facade of the iconic performing arts facility before a court-ordered deadline to remove it by Friday. The board voted Thursday to seek a stay of U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper’s ruling that said Trump’s name was illegally added to the Kennedy Center, according to a person familiar with the move.Independents have grown increasingly unhappy with Trump during his second term, a new AP-NORC polling analysis finds, particularly those without a college degree. The analysis from researchers at The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows that while about half of independents without a college education had a positive view of Trump around the 2024 election, his approval with that group fell to about one-quarter this spring.
