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Meet the Press Moderator Kristen Welker joins Sunday TODAY’s Willie Geist to discuss new NBC News polling that shows how Americans feel about President Donald Trump’s job performance amid the war in Iran and ahead of the country’s 250 birthday. “That’s a new low for his second term and of course it does come, as we know, as this war is deeply unpopular, that President Trump has been underwater in his handling of the economy,” Kirsten says.

Iranian government-backed protesters are on the streets of Tehran demonstrating against a deal with America to end the war after President Donald Trump said it could be signed as early as Sunday. Mediator Pakistan is calling it an “electronic signing ceremony” and Iran says the agreement is close, though it disputed the timing. NBC’s Keir Simmons reports for TODAY.

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For starters, radical openness is important because, according to Fromm, the basic premise of love is freedom. Editor’s note, June 14, 8 am ET: We’re bringing you some of our best-loved Your Mileage May Vary columns while Sigal Samuel is on parental leave. The one below originally published on June 8, 2025. This unconventional advice column offers you a unique framework for thinking through moral dilemmas. It’s based on value pluralism: the idea that each of us has multiple values that are equ