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How is the Iran deal and war landing, 4 and a half months out from the midterm elections?

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom

Published June 19, 2026 at 11:01 AM CDT

On the Friday politics roundtable, hosts Scott Tong and David Folkenflik ask ABC’s Rick Klein and The Atlantic’s Vivian Salama to unpack the political fallout from the preliminary Iran deal that President Trump signed this week, the next stage of which Vice President JD Vance says he will negotiate.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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