How crypto hacking funds isolated North Korea’s nuclear programme

Cryptocurrency theft is estimated to generate half of the country’s foreign currency income

 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/30/how-crypto-hacking-funds-isolated-north-korea-nuclear-programme

 

The DOE Keeps Appealing Claims by Sick Hanford Nuclear Site Workers — ProPublica

Toxic Legacy: Workers got sick cleaning up radioactive waste at a former federal nuclear weapons site in Washington, and the state passed a law to make it easier to claim benefits. 

Litigating Workers’ Claims: The Department of Energy denies responsibility and has filed more than 500 legal appeals seeking to block state benefits being given to workers and their survivors. 

Millions Go to Lawyers: DOE has spent nearly $12 million on outside lawyers and expert testimony to fight state compensation claims...

 https://www.propublica.org/article/hanford-nuclear-workers-compensation-washington-doe

 

Let Iran Nuke LA, Donald? | Paula Poundstone #shorts

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JXHc6WqCsrE

 

North Korea has built new uranium facility to expand nuclear arsenal, UN agency says

The International Atomic Energy Agency voices ‘serious concerns’ over expansion of Yongbyon facility to enrich uranium…

 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/10/north-korea-has-built-new-uranium-facility-to-expand-nuclear-arsenal-un-agency-says

 

What Does Trump’s Open Respect For North Korean Nukes Tell Iran? – Mother Jones

To any country watching Trump’s words, it now looks like one of the only paths to prevent conflict with the current administration is to militarize or even go nuclear—a warning South Korea may also be taking to heart...

 https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/08/trump-north-korea-iran-nuclear-weapons-kim-jong-un/

 

Trump says Saudi Arabia nuclear deal hinges on Saudi ties with Israel : NPR

The Saudi Embassy in Washington did not respond to NPR's request for comment. It is unclear how the new condition might affect the deal. The Saudi kingdom has long insisted it will not normalize relations with Israel until there is a clear pathway to establish a Palestinian state. The Israeli government strongly opposes Palestinian statehood.

"Does a social post supersede a signed diplomatic agreement? I think this is one of the frustrations that other countries have had with the United States," said Steven Cook, senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. "No one in Washington really knows how it's going to work."…

 https://www.npr.org/2026/07/23/nx-s1-5904327/us-saudi-arabia-iran

 

Trump's Saudi nuclear deal risks igniting a Middle East arms race, lawmakers warn - POLITICO

The agreement, which could let Riyadh enrich its own uranium within a decade, is sparking warnings that Turkey, Egypt and others could soon demand the same deal, unraveling years of U.S. nonproliferation policy...

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/22/saudi-nuclear-pact-fears-regional-enrichment-01009142

 

Trump Puts Words in the Mouths of Dead Soldiers – Mother Jones

There is no evidence that the service members killed, as Trump so confidently claimed, ever said or believed this. It conveniently happens to be one of the exceedingly few talking points Trump has had for continuing an increasingly unpopular war on all his own. And what better device for repeating his excuse than dead Americans who can’t speak for themselves?…

 https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/07/trump-fallen-soldiers-iran-nuclear-weapon/

 

Would Trump’s Iran deal bring ‘peace’? Here’s why that is a stretch.

The U.S. and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding which includes a cease fire and are expected to finalize it at a June 19 ceremony in Geneva. That will kick off 60 days of negotiations, including over Iran’s nuclear ambitions. 

 Donald Trump said he is the only president to "achieve real peace" with Iran. But most experts told us that based on what is known so far, the deal does not amount to a peace agreement...

https://www.politifact.com/article/2026/jun/15/Iran-nuclear-peace-deal-Obama-Strait-Hormuz/ 

 

Obama says 'doubtful' that any Iran deal will be different than past

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PKImjcruDs

Trump hails Iran deal that fixes nothing except a problem his war caused

Deal will leave things almost exactly as they were before feckless war of choice started…

 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/15/analysis-us-iran-peace-deal-nuclear-talks-resume

 

‘If Iran gets a bomb it will be Bibi’s’: Trump’s deal outline sparks alarm in Israel

“The bottom line is that Iran can and is presenting to the world a victory picture by dint of the very fact that it is still standing. Trump, for the time being, does not have a similar counter-picture of his own to show. That isn’t very good news for the Israeli people.”…

 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/25/iran-bomb-trump-deal-sparks-alarm-israel-netanyahu

 

Pope Leo rejects claim he supports nuclear weapons after Trump tirade

Pontiff responds after US president accuses him of ‘endangering a lot of Catholics’ with stance on Iran war…

 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/06/pope-leo-rejects-claim-he-supports-nuclear-weapons-trump-tirade-iran-war

 

Trump accuses pope of ‘endangering a lot of Catholics’ with Iran stance

“I think he’s endangering a lot of Catholics and a lot of people,” the president added. “But I guess if it’s up to the pope, he thinks it’s just fine for Iran to have a nuclear weapon.” 

Leo has never said that Iran should have nuclear weapons, but has repeatedly opposed the war on the country and the subsequent escalation of the conflict in Lebanon and the wider Middle East, calling for ceasefires and dialogue...

 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/05/donald-trump-accuses-pope-leo-of-endangering-a-lot-of-catholics-with-iran-stance 

 

Iran's supreme leader vows to protect nuclear and missile capabilities

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran's supreme leader vowed Thursday in a defiant tone to protect the Islamic Republic's nuclear and missile capabilities, which U.S. President Donald Trump has sought to curtail through airstrikes and as part of a wider deal to cement the war's shaky ceasefire

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/irans-supreme-leader-vows-to-protect-nuclear-and-missile-capabilities 

 

WATCH: Trump says he won't use nuclear weapons in Iran | PBS News

"We don't need it. Why do I need it? Why would a stupid question like that be asked? Why would I use a nuclear weapon where we've totally in a very conventional way decimated them without it," Trump said in a response to a question by PBS News' Liz Landers...

 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-trump-says-he-wont-use-nuclear-weapons-in-iran

Lawrence: Trump, who failed to buy Stormy Daniels’ silence, now seeks Iran deal he ripped up

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JOXbgJtXSgs

 

Tucker Carlson’s Biggest Conspiracy Theory Yet – Mother Jones

· Wed, Apr 15 at 7:18 PM Message Body “Carlson did refer to one of these diabolical neocons by name: Fox News host Mark Levin, a fervent fan of the Iran war and a cheerleader for Benjamin Netanyahu’s regime. He noted that Trump has called on his followers to watch Levin, and he explained that it’s useful to do so because Levin’s show “has been a place where the future is revealed,” though the show is “probably” not written by Levin himself. That is, Levin is fronting for someone or something, and Trump is in league with this cabal... 

I’m a bit confused. First, Carlson tells us Trump is an agent of satanic destruction that is aimed at the extermination of Christianity, suggesting he might be the anti-Christ. But then he characterizes Trump as being driven mad due to the pressure applied on him by “anti-Christian” Israelis. At the same time, he also promotes the claim that Trump is possessed by demons, which might make him the anti-Christ or might not. (Earlier this month, Carlson did an interview with a priest who conducts exorcisms, and they discussed the widespread demonic possessions of politicians. During that show, Carlson attributed his firing at Fox News to the work of demons.) In any case, we’re in woo-woo land. And after Trump posted a meme that depicted Trump as Jesus, a new issue of Carlson’s newsletter said Trump was “lost” and asked people to pray for him…”

 https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/04/tucker-carlsons-biggest-conspiracy-theory-yet-donald-trump-iran-israel-nuclear-weapons/

JD Vance says talks failed due to Iran’s refusal to give up nuclear programme

Iranian sources, however, blame ‘excessive’ demands from Washington for breakdown of talks in Islamabad to resolve US-Iran conflict…

 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/12/jd-vance-says-no-deal-us-iran-pakistan-talks-islamabad

 

Rationale for Iran war questioned after Trump says ‘I don’t care’ about regime’s uranium stockpiles

US president's apparent decision to leave highly enriched uranium in hands of regime creates a more risky scenario than before the war began, experts say… 

 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/02/trump-iran-war-rationale-uranium-stockpiles