Iran Makes ‘Dramatic’ Leap to Produce Near-Bomb-Grade Fuel, but to What End? The United Nations chief inspector says production has quadrupled. But it is not clear whether Iran is trying to touch off a crisis or gather bargaining chips for negotiations with the United States. 12/6/2024 - 10:48 am | View Link
Risk of Iran Building Nuclear Weapons Grows, U.S. Intelligence Says A report warns that public debate in Iran over deterrence risks “emboldening” nuclear weapons advocates there. 12/6/2024 - 2:33 am | View Link
Iran to "substantially increase" uranium enrichment capacity over IAEA rebuke led by U.S. and allies A rebuke of Iran led by the U.S. and its close allies at the global nuclear watchdog agency has drawn a vow by the Islamic republic to further ramp up uranium enrichment. 11/21/2024 - 11:35 pm | View Link
Iran Told U.S. It Wasn’t Trying to Kill Trump Iran offered written assurances to the Biden administration last month that it wasn’t seeking to kill Donald Trump, U.S. officials said, a secret exchange meant to cool tensions between Tehran and ... 11/15/2024 - 2:38 am | View Link
“Rep. Susan Wild (D-PA), the top Democrat on the House Ethics Committee, was absent from the panel’s meeting last week after being traced as the source of leaks to the press regarding the investigation into former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL),” The Hill reports.
“It remains unclear if Wild voluntarily skipped the Thursday gathering or was asked not to attend, what information she leaked and to whom, and how the panel tracked her back as being the leaker.”
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) signaled Monday she’s willing to give a chance to President-elect Trump’s embattled Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth, Axios reports.
Said Ernst: “As I support Pete through this process, I look forward to a fair hearing based on truth, not anonymous sources.”
“Democrats are still reeling and reflecting on what went so wrong for their party this year,” NBC News reports.
“But at the Democratic governors’ annual gathering in California, they were in full agreement that something has to change in order for their party — and, in their eyes, hopefully one of them — to have a real shot at the White House in 2028.”
“More than 75 Nobel Prize winners have signed a letter urging senators not to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services,” the New York Times reports.
“The letter marks the first time in recent memory that Nobel laureates have banded together against a Cabinet choice.”
“Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canada ‘will respond’ if US President-elect Donald Trump imposes new tariffs on Canadian imports, and argued that retaliatory tariffs were successful when Trump put tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum in 2018,” Bloomberg reports.
“The comments are Trudeau’s strongest language yet in signaling his government is preparing retaliation if Trump follows through on his threat.”