Iran ‘frighteningly close’ to a nuclear weapon, Energy secretary Chris Wright warns

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WASHINGTON — Energy Secretary Chris Wright warned Wednesday that Iran is “frighteningly close” to developing weapons-grade enriched uranium.

Speaking to lawmakers on the Senate Armed Services Committee, Wright stressed that Iran’s enriched uranium, which President Trump is deadset on confiscating, puts the regime just weeks away from the threshold needed to get a nuke.

“They are a small number of weeks away to enrich that to weapons-grade uranium. There’s still a weaponization process that happens after that, but they’re quite close,” he told the Senate Armed Services Committee.

Special envoy Steve Witkoff publicly claimed that Iran boasted about having enough 60% enriched uranium, which, if further enriched to 90%, would be enough to make 11 nuclear bombs. Getting to 60% enrichment is a much larger technical leap than the jump from 60% to 90%, which is weapons-grade enrichment, top nuclear experts have claimed.

Redistricting Back on the Menu? South Carolina Governor Might Call a Special Session After All

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Yesterday was a tough day for the GOP’s effort to redistrict its strongholds. The South Carolina State Senate rejected a measure to redraw its map. Although the majority of the chamber voted to move forward, without a special session called by Gov. Henry McMaster, the upper chamber had to vote to call themselves back, which required a 2/3 majority. 

The SC House did its part, passing that map via subcommittee on a 3-2 vote. 

Four defections could’ve torpedoed this effort, including SC State Senate Leader Shane Massey, who gave a mild speech explaining why he thinks a redrawn map isn’t needed, citing the importance of a strong Democratic Party in the state capitol. Procedural panicans need to stop, and we’ve shown that in Indiana. It’s sad because Massey comes from a ruby red district. It didn’t have to end this way.

Well, it might not be dead yet. Gov. McMaster reportedly plans to call a special session to resolve this matter. The date is to be determined, but former SC State Rep. Adam Morgan, who’s been tracking this rollercoaster, said State House and Senate leadership met with the governor to “iron out the details.” 

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