# Trump Touts Progress In Iran Talks, UFC White House Freedom 250, DNI Nomination Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/up-first-from-npr-7816123/trump-touts-progress-in-iran-talks-ufc-white-house-freedom-250-dni-nomination Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/up-first-from-npr-7816123/trump-touts-progress-in-iran-talks-ufc-white-house-freedom-250-dni-nomination.md Podcast: [Up First from NPR](https://stenobird.com/podcast/up-first-from-npr-7816123) Published: 2026-06-12T09:56:50+00:00 Episode link: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/trump-touts-progress-in-iran-talks-ufc-white-house-freedom-250-dni-nomination--72496574 Audio file: https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72496574/default.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/up-first-from-npr-7816123/episodes/trump-touts-progress-in-iran-talks-ufc-white-house-freedom-250-dni-nomination Duration seconds: 851 ## Resource President Trump canceled planned strikes on Iran citing progress in negotiations and says a deal that reopens the Strait of Hormuz could be signed within days, capping a week of whiplash that saw the U.S. bomb Iran three nights in a row and Trump threaten to seize an Iranian island. The UFC holds seven fights on the White House lawn Sunday for America's 250th birthday, one of a growing list of side projects taking up President Trump's time as a watchdog group sues over his stake in UFC's parent company. President Trump named federal prosecutor Jay Clayton to be the next Director of National Intelligence, after the backlash over his temporary pick was so fierce that Congress let a major surveillance tool expire. 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 Tina Kraja, Rebekah Metzler, Jason Breslow, Mohamad ElBardicy and HJ Mai. It was produced by Ziad Buchh and Nia Dumas. Our director is Christopher Thomas. We get engineering support from Neisha Heinis. Our technical director is Carleigh Strange. And our Executive Producer is Jay Shaylor. (0:00) Introduction (01:59) Trump Touts Progress In Iran Talks (05:46) UFC White House Freedom 250 (09:41) DNI Nomination See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy πŸ”— ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: πŸ“© Get the full transcript and daily news alerts: πŸ‘‰ https://goo.su/rXoU5U8 πŸ‘ˆ πŸ“Œ Support the show by visiting our sponsors and partners. 🎧 New episodes every morning at 6 AM ET. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/up-first-from-npr-7816123/episodes/trump-touts-progress-in-iran-talks-ufc-white-house-freedom-250-dni-nomination/transcription-requests` β€” Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/up-first-from-npr-7816123/trump-touts-progress-in-iran-talks-ufc-white-house-freedom-250-dni-nomination.md` β€” Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.