About this episode

The episode discusses President Trump's claims about progress with Iran, primary election results in Ohio and Indiana, and a poll showing a Democratic advantage ahead of the midterms.

President Trump claims “great progress” toward an agreement with Iran as he ended the short-lived U.S. effort to escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz, while keeping the naval blockade in place and Secretary of State Marco Rubio declaring combat operations over. In Indiana, several Republican state senators who defied President Trump on redistricting lost their primaries last night, while Ohio saw stronger-than-expected Democratic turnout in its primary election. A new poll shows Democrats leading Republicans by 10 points in the generic congressional ballot with significantly higher voter enthusiasm six months before the midterms. Want more analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? Subscribe to the Up First newsletter. Today’s episode of Up First was edited by Rebekah Metzler, Megan Pratz, Dana Farrington, Mohamad ElBardicy and Arezou Rezvani. It was produced by Ziad Buchh and Nia Dumas. Our director is Kaity Kline. We get engineering support from Neisha Heinis. Our technical director is Carleigh Strange. And our Supervising Producer is Michael Lipkin. (0:00) Introduction (01:51) Project Freedom Paused (05:32) Ohio & Indiana Primary Results (09:06)…

Topics covered

• U.S. politics
• Iran agreement
• primary elections
• Democratic advantage
• voter turnout

Keywords

• Trump
• Iran
• Ohio primary
• Indiana primary
• Democrats
• poll
• midterms

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NPR

Places: Ohio, Indiana

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