The Holdup at the Center of the Iran Talks, and Trump’s Baseless New Claims of Voter Fraud NYT - Top Stories By: Tracy Mumford · Will Jarvis · Margaret Kadifa · Jake Lucas · Ian Stewart · Erika Solomon · Devlin Barrett · Casey Newton and Lisa Lerer 9 June 2026 at 11:15 Plus, “I’m busy, but you can talk to my A.I. twin.” © Arash Khamooshi/Polaris for The New York TimesPresident Trump has repeatedly said that the United States and Iran were coming close to a deal to end the war. It is not clear that they are actually any closer at the moment.