Iran has enough uranium to produce several nuclear warheads, according to the director of the UN nuclear agency.
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Iran has enough uranium to produce several nuclear warheads, according to the director of the UN nuclear agency.
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President Trump called for a special counsel to investigate the 2020 election results, after the FBI director disclosed this week that the Chinese regime may have conspired to influence the race.
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Almost 640 employees at Voice of America and the U.S. Agency for Global Media have been fired, according to the agency’s senior adviser, Kari Lake.
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A Minnesota lawmaker who survived a shooting has recounted the night of the attack.
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Demonstrators wave flags and cheer during a protest against Israeli attacks on Iran, after the Friday prayer ceremonies on June 20, 2025 in central Tehran, Iran. Over recent days, Iran has been hit by a series of Israeli airstrikes targeting military and nuclear sites, as well as top military officials, prompting Iran to launch a counterattack. (Majid Saeedi/Getty Images) |
The director of the UN nuclear agency said Iran technically has enough uranium to produce several nuclear warheads, as the Iran–Israel conflict entered its seventh day.
International Atomic Energy Agency director general Rafael Grossi said that the agency “confirmed that Iran does have, even now, enough material for several warheads,” but suggested that the material may not be used for nuclear weapons.
“But this should not be equated with a nuclear weapon,” he said, adding, “We do not have at this point, if you ask me, at this time, any tangible proof that there is a program, or a plan, to fabricate, to manufacture a nuclear weapon.”
Tehran has long said that its nuclear program, including facilities located deep underground, is for civilian purposes and has rejected assertions from the United States and Israel that say otherwise.
In the past week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump have said Iran was actively working on producing nuclear weapons and had enough material to produce those devices, leading to surprise Israeli airstrikes on Iranian facilities and military officials on June 13.
Grossi told Fox News that Iran’s nuclear capabilities have likely not been set back significantly due to the Israeli airstrikes.
“No, I wouldn’t say so ... I think there have been a number of important military attacks and impacts,” he said. “But it is very clear, and everybody agrees on this, that not everything has been taken out.” (More)
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Iran’s besieged nuclear program has created highly-enriched uranium but it is unclear whether Tehran could build a nuclear weapon. Here’s everything we know about the theocratic regime’s nuclear program.
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A top Iranian official said there is no room for talks with the United States unless Israel ends its airstrike campaign amid a week-long aerial conflict between the two nations.
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The Israeli military said that its air force conducted overnight strikes Friday on what it described as “dozens of military targets” in Iran.
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President Donald Trump an assessment by the U.S. intelligence community was wrong when it assessed in March that Iran had yet to decide on building a nuclear weapon.
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Iranian state media has confirmed the deaths of nine of its senior military leaders, as well as nine nuclear scientists. Here’s what we know about them.
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Iran is one of the world’s biggest bitcoin mining nations. Here’s how the regime has been using the bitcoin industry to circumvent sanctions.
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Almost 640 employees at Voice of America and the U.S. Agency for Global Media have been fired, according to the agency’s senior adviser, Kari Lake.
“Today, we took decisive action to effectuate President [Donald] Trump’s agenda to shrink the out-of-control federal bureaucracy,” Lake said. The action implements an executive order that Trump signed in March to reduce the federal bureaucracy. Lake said the firings are “part of a long-overdue effort to dismantle a bloated, unaccountable bureaucracy.” “For decades, American taxpayers have been forced to bankroll an agency that’s been riddled with dysfunction, bias, and waste. That ends now,” she said.
Since March, there has been an 85 percent reduction in the workforce at the two media agencies totaling almost 1,400 roles. There are 250 positions remaining at USAGM, VOA, and the Office of Cuba Broadcasting altogether. All of the latter office’s 33 employees will keep their jobs.
“The agency now operates near the statutory minimum; lean and focused. This is a clear example of responsible government, cutting waste, restoring accountability, and delivering on the promise to put American taxpayers first,” Lake said. More Politics: |
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President Donald Trump said that he expects the United States will sign trade deals with both India and Pakistan.
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The Federal Communications Commission is reviewing a Biden-era program tasked with vetting the cybersecurity of household smart devices like baby monitors and thermostats. FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said the inquiry is examining the program’s “potentially concerning ties to the government of China.”
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Sixty-two percent of self-identified Democrats agreed that the Democratic Party’s leadership should be replaced with new people.
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The U.S. Capitol Police told The Epoch Times on June 20 that it has been investigating mysterious and “troubling” pizza deliveries made to lawmakers.
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A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention scientist who regularly presented data to the agency’s vaccine advisory panel has resigned because she disagrees with the approach to vaccines under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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A federal judge in Massachusetts has halted the Trump administration’s effort to block Harvard University from hosting international students.
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A federal judge in New Jersey ordered the release of former Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil, a prominent figure in last spring’s pro-Palestinian protests on campus.
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Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has subpoenaed two medical companies selling Chinese-made patient monitors over concerns that the devices could send patient data to China. Uthmeier’s office said they had taken legal action against Contec Medical Systems, a China-based company known for making patient monitors, and Epsimed, a Miami-based company that resells Contec-made monitors under its own brand name.
The office alleged that Contec “concealed serious security problems” in its products, including a built-in “backdoor” that could “allow bad actors to manipulate data” on the devices without knowledge of either the patient or the provider, and programming that automatically sends patient information to an IP address that belongs to a university in China.
“Some of the most private, personal information” is going to China “without the consent, and in most cases, the awareness of the patient,” Uthmeier told The Epoch Times. “I think there’s a major consumer protection issue for Floridians, for Americans as a whole, and we’re not going to stand for it.” (More) More U.S. News |
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Poster for "The Magnificent Seven." The remake holds its own as a classic. (United Artists)
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Remakes have been around since the dawn of filmmaking. However, for most of the 20th century, they were few and far between. Over the past 25 years, remakes (and sequels) are being produced with the same frequency as original stories. In 2024, 14 of the top 15 highest-grossing movies were prequels, sequels, or remakes.
There are three reasons for this. Audiences are more comfortable investing their time and money on a known, established intellectual property.
Recognizing this, studios feel that stamping out a variation on a proven commodity is a better bet than gambling on something new and original. Finally, recycling is far easier than coming up with movies from scratch. In other words, the studios are fat, happy, and lazy.
The number of remakes that are worthy of anyone’s attention is extremely low. In preparing this list, we have included 10 favorite remakes.
‘12 Angry Men’ (1997)—The 1957 feature debut from director Sidney Lumet is one of the most revered movies of all time. When William Friedkin announced his intent to remake the legal drama, fans and critics the world over became incensed. Returning original screenwriter Reginald Rose tweaked the script with a few modern updates, and Friedkin’s spot-on casting eventually silenced most of the naysayers.
‘The Magnificent Seven’ (1960)—This Western by John Sturges is a retooling of the 1954 Japanese classic “Seven Samurai” directed by Akira Kurosawa. In it, swords are replaced by guns in a period Western. The plots of both involve the defenseless residents of a town being targeted by opportunistic raiders that hire alpha-male types to protect them. A second remake from 2016 should be avoided at all costs. (More)
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