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While UN Issues mixed signals, Witkoff exposes Iran’s nuclear evasion ‘pride’
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The stunning details revealed by Steve Witkoff on his talks with Iran and their boastful remarks about its nuclear program have seemingly fallen on deaf ears at the U.N. nuclear agency.
Days into the U.S.-Israel joint campaign against Iran, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi posted to X stating, «There has been no evidence of Iran building a nuclear bomb.»
Fox News Digital asked the IAEA how it could assess the development of a possible nuclear weapon without access to Iran’s facilities but received no response at press time.
Grossi’s post came as the U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff gave details to Fox News’ Sean Hannity earlier this week on his talks with the regime prior to the U.S. and Israel launching their military operation against Tehran.
Witkoff revealed the negotiators said they had an «inalienable right» to enrich uranium. When Witkoff countered that the Trump administration had the «inalienable right to stop [them, ]» he explained that the negotiators said this was only their starting point.
«They have 10,000, roughly, kilograms of fissionable material that’s broken up into roughly 460 kilograms of 60% enriched uranium, another 1,000 kilograms 20% enriched uranium,» Witkoff explained. «They manufacture their own centrifuges to enrich this material, so there’s almost no stopping them. They have an endless supply of it. The 60% material can be brought to 90% – that’s weapon grade — in roughly one week, maybe 10 days at the outside. The 20% can be brought to weapons grade inside of three to four weeks.»
Witkoff added that during his first meeting with the negotiators, they said «with no shame that they controlled 460 kilograms of 60% and they’re aware that that could make 11 nuclear bombs, and that was the beginning of this negotiating stance.»
«They were proud of it. They were proud that they had evaded all sorts of oversight protocols to get to a place where they could deliver 11 nuclear bombs,» Witkoff said.
US special Envoy Steve Witkoff arrives to his hotel during new round of talks between the United States and Iran on Iran’s nuclear programme, in Geneva on February 26, 2026. ( Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP via Getty Image)
Grossi, who is running to become the next United Nations secretary general, did however admit in his post on X that Iran maintains «a large stockpile of near-weapons grade enriched uranium» and said that the Islamic Republic has not allowed inspectors full access to its program. With these facts in mind, he said that the IAEA «will not be in a position to provide assurance that Iran’s nuclear programme is exclusively peaceful» until Iran «assists…in resolving the outstanding safeguards issues.»
Richard Goldberg, a senior advisor to the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, FDD, told Fox News Digital, «No one paid much attention to Rafael Grossi throughout the Biden years when he repeatedly warned publicly that Iran was refusing to cooperate with and providing false statements to the IAEA about ongoing investigations into undeclared facilities, activists and nuclear material.»
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The former Trump administration official said, «There are some key facts being ignored today. The IAEA board last year found Iran to be in breach of the NPT. To this day, Grossi has confirmed that the IAEA cannot verify the Iranian nuclear program is peaceful.»
He continued, «This is not Iraq where we lacked hard public evidence of a nuclear weapons program. Iran had built out nearly every part of its nuclear weapons program in plain sight, with the weaponization work moving forward at undeclared sites controlled by SPND. If the administration had evidence the regime was moving quickly to reconstitute key elements of that program — from advanced centrifuge manufacturing to completion of a new underground enrichment site alongside advancement of delivery vehicle programs – the president was fully justified in enforcing a red line he set after Operation Midnight Hammer.»
Map of Iran nuclear facilities attacked by the US in Operation Midnight Hammer. (Fox News)
Spencer Faragasso, a senior fellow at the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS), told Fox News Digital that his organization calculated prior to the June 2025 12 Day War that Iran possessed 440.9 kilograms of 60% rich uranium. With about 24 or 25 kilograms of 90% rich uranium required per weapon, Faragasso said the country possessed the ability to produce 11 weapons in one month.
Faragasso said that there remain questions about whether the Iranians can access their enriched materials, and whether they possess additional centrifuges that may have not been installed in the facilities that were struck.
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«Being able to enrich the uranium up to weapon grade is actually a tall order,» he said, explaining that it would require a new enrichment site and components and materials that «Iran would either need to recover from its destroyed facilities» or «illicitly import them from abroad.» With a few hundred centrifuges, enough for two or three cascades, Faragasso said the Iranians could have enriched their uranium stores to weapon grade.
«To be clear, the successes gained from the June war are not permanent and officials from the regime spoke publicly about how they wanted to reconstitute their enrichment program, their nuclear program,» he said. «The more time that goes on, the worse the situation will get. It’s not going to get better, especially regarding the ballistic missile program.»
Satellite imagery taken on January 30, 2026 shows a new roof over a previously destroyed building at Natanz nuclear site. (2026 PLANET LABS PBC/Handout via REUTERS)
He said the Iranians had previously expressed the desire to open a fourth enrichment site, which the IAEA stated was at Esfahan. According to Faragasso, there was «never confirmation» of where the site was or how far along construction may have been.
The group is now tracking an Israeli strike on March 3 on Min-Zadayi, a site that Faragasso said «was completely unknown» to them previously. The Israel Defense Forces reported on X that the site was «used by a group of nuclear scientists who operated to develop a key component for nuclear weapons.»
The State Department referred Fox News Digital to remarks made by Secretary of State Marco Rubio to the press on Tuesday on Iran’s nuclear program.
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«This terroristic, radical, cleric-led regime cannot be ever allowed to have nuclear weapons.» Explaining that the Islamic Republic was «willing to slaughter their own people in the streets,» Rubio directed members of the press to «imagine what they would do to us. Imagine what they would do to others. Under President Trump that will never, ever happen,» he said.
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Obama-appointed judge reverses course, rules voter ID law isn’t discriminatory in GOP win
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An Obama-appointed federal judge who once blocked North Carolina’s voter identification law has reversed course and ruled it constitutional, delivering a major win for Republicans and election security advocates after a seven-year court fight.
Judge Loretta Biggs upheld the law on Thursday, finding the liberal voting rights groups that sued North Carolina’s election board failed to prove the voter ID law was discriminatory. The ruling leaves North Carolina’s voter ID law in place ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
It also comes as President Donald Trump has been advocating stricter voter ID laws nationwide, alleging what he has said is widespread fraud in elections and to prevent illegal immigrants from potentially casting ballots.
The North Carolina case centered on a bill that the GOP-led Senate crafted in 2018 to govern how the state would enforce an amendment requiring voters to present a photo ID at the polls. The amendment had been approved by about 55% of North Carolina voters and the legislation dictated how the amendment would be put into practice.
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A volunteer picks up a «Require Voter ID» sign at a press conference at the Riverside County Registrar of Voters on March 2, 2026, in California as GOP lawmakers gather in support of placing a voter ID measure on the November ballot. (Anjali Sharif-Paul/MediaNews Group/The Sun via Getty Images)
«Finally. After seven years, we can put to rest any doubt that our state’s Voter I.D. law is constitutional,» said Republican state Sen. Phil Berger, who intervened in the case to defend the law.
Biggs emphasized in her 134-page decision that North Carolina had a «history of extensive official discrimination against African Americans» that was undisputed by parties in the case. The judge said she found evidence that the voter ID law served to disenfranchise Black and Latino voters but that precedents set by higher courts meant the evidence was not enough to invalidate the law.
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President Donald Trump holds a Cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, D.C., March 26, 2026. (REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein)
«This Court … concludes that it is compelled by controlling case law to render Judgment in favor of the Defendants,» Biggs said, tossing out the plaintiffs’ allegations that the law violated the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments and the Voting Rights Act.
The judge said the «case law requires this Court to assign less weight to the historical background. It further requires almost impenetrable deference to the presumption of legislative good faith.»
The judge’s findings echo prominent Democrats, including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., who have called voter ID laws «Jim Crow 2.0.» Schumer has said the SAVE America Act, which he is currently blocking from Senate passage, is «a dagger to the heart of our democracy.»
Trump has been aggressively urging Congress to pass the SAVE America Act, a bill that would impose a nationwide requirement that people provide a physical document proving U.S. citizenship when they register to vote. But tensions have flared on Capitol Hill after the bill passed the House but stalled in the Senate because of Democrats’ opposition to it.
The decision marked a reversal for Biggs after she issued a preliminary injunction in December 2019 that blocked the state from enforcing the voter ID law for the 2020 election cycle. In that opinion, she cited the state’s «sordid history of racial discrimination and voter suppression,» arguing that parts of the law were «impermissibly motivated, at least in part, by discriminatory intent.»
In this Feb. 26, 2014, file photo, an election official checks a voter’s photo identification at an early voting polling site in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
Her injunction was later reversed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit. The state Supreme Court also upheld the law in a separate state-level case.
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North Carolina Republicans have defended the law has one designed to be accommodating to all voters, saying it offered a wide range of identification options for people showing up to the polls while also boosting election integrity and confidence in elections.
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El Salvador abordará la integración de inteligencia artificial y sistemas alimentarios descentralizados en la Cumbre SOVAI 2026
El Salvador acogerá la Cumbre SOVAI 2026, un evento internacional enfocado en la convergencia entre inteligencia artificial soberana, agricultura y sistemas alimentarios descentralizados. El anuncio se realizó a través de las redes sociales por parte de los organizadores, quienes destacaron que el país centroamericano se consolida como un referente mundial en innovación tecnológica y agrícola.
La Cumbre SOVAI, que se celebrará del 20 al 21 de abril en San Salvador, promete reunir a líderes mundiales en áreas como inteligencia artificial, infraestructura tecnológica, energía, desarrollo global y agricultura regenerativa.
El evento, presentado como el primero de su tipo, busca empoderar a naciones y ciudadanos para que construyan y controlen su propia infraestructura tecnológica y, a la vez, reflexionen sobre la soberanía alimentaria como pilar de la independencia nacional.
Texas Slim, fundador de The Beef Initiative y propietario de Beef.com, explicó que “esto es más que alimentar personas—es mostrarle al mundo cómo luce un sistema alimentario soberano. El ganado, la tierra y los productores son la base de la verdadera independencia». Agregó que a través de la cumbre se está “llevando ese mensaje al escenario global”.
La iniciativa cuenta con la colaboración de BeefBackBetter, que será responsable junto a The Beef Initiative de servir las hamburguesas durante el evento.
La acción busca demostrar en tiempo real los principios de trazabilidad, producción ética y descentralización alimentaria, en contraposición a los sistemas centralizados de distribución de alimentos. James Snyder, fundador de BeefBackBetter, afirmó: “El ganado empodera a las personas, mejora la tierra, genera ingresos y provee nutrición real. Combinado con sistemas descentralizados como Bitcoin y la innovación que ocurre en El Salvador, estamos construyendo algo totalmente nuevo—algo que funciona».
Por su parte, Andrea Hernández Tobar, directora nacional de The Beef Initiative en El Salvador, señaló que el futuro no depende únicamente de la tecnología o la agricultura por separado, sino de la integración de ambas. “Lo que observamos es la integración de infraestructura, trazabilidad y sistemas de producción reales. Aquí es donde se dirigen los sistemas globales. La tecnología sin seguridad alimentaria está incompleta”, dijo.
La elección de El Salvador como sede de la Cumbre SOVAI responde, según los organizadores, a su liderazgo en la adopción de tecnologías disruptivas como Bitcoin, su marco regulatorio innovador, las inversiones en infraestructura y los modelos de desarrollo soberano. Estas características han posicionado al país como un centro de referencia para la innovación tanto tecnológica como agrícola a nivel mundial.
“Estamos agradecidos de que la Oficina de Bitcoin de El Salvador haya confiado en The Beef Initiative y en el equipo de BeefBackBetter para servir hamburguesas de calidad en esta importante conferencia de inteligencia artificial”, expresó Tom Taber, director de divulgación ejecutiva para The Beef Initiative y Beef.com. “Esto demuestra nuestra cooperación con el gobierno de El Salvador en la construcción de un sistema alimentario más seguro para esta nación”, añadió.
El evento pondrá sobre la mesa temas centrales como la soberanía alimentaria, los sistemas descentralizados, el empoderamiento de los productores y la colaboración global.
La cita aspira a sentar las bases para una conversación crítica sobre el futuro de la soberanía alimentaria y el papel de la inteligencia artificial en la construcción de sistemas más resilientes y autónomos. Con la mirada puesta en el largo plazo, El Salvador se posiciona como un laboratorio vivo donde se ensayan modelos de desarrollo que integran innovación, seguridad alimentaria y empoderamiento comunitario, mostrando al mundo una nueva visión de independencia y colaboración en la era digital.
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AAP faces pressure over trans youth care, guiding docs to keep parents in the dark about child’s sexual health
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FIRST ON FOX: A parental rights advocacy organization is sounding the alarm over the American Academy of Pediatrics’ (AAP) support for transgender medical procedures for minors and encouragement of healthcare providers to withhold the sexual health and history of underage patients from parents.
The American Parents’ Coalition compiled a «lookout» showcasing videos and public statements by AAP asserting that «science» supports «gender-affirming care,» which can range from puberty blockers to cross-sex hormones to surgeries for minors. The launch of the online parental notification system comes weeks before AAP is scheduled to hold its advocacy conference in Virginia from April 12 to April 14.
American Parents Coalition Executive Director Alleigh Marré accused AAP of acting like «a political advocacy group, putting ideology ahead of evidence and children’s wellbeing.» The «lookout» states that during AAP’s 2025 Leadership Conference, 98% of its members voted to make protecting sex change treatments its top resolution.
«Even as health systems abroad rethink experimental gender interventions, the AAP has doubled down on aggressive and irreversible procedures rather than exercise basic caution,» Marre said. «By prioritizing resolutions that elevate transgender interventions and partnering with activist groups, the AAP is acting to protect a political project.»
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In addition to advocating for sex change treatments for minors, AAP advocates for other political agendas, including banning so-called «assault weapons» and red flag laws, which allow courts to temporarily remove firearms from individuals deemed a risk to themselves or others.
A 2023 blog post on AAP’s website titled «Supporting Our Transgender and Gender-diverse Youth» stresses that doctors must provide «unconditional support» to underage patients, including asking their pronouns, using their preferred name and prioritizing their desires to change their gender over the concerns of parents.
«We have heard from parents, «I just don’t understand» in many of our conversations,» the blog post stated. «When patients and parents disagree about next steps for affirmation, acknowledge parents’ concerns, but always support your patient. When youth are not affirmed, there is a significant increase in depression, anxiety, risky behaviors, and suicide.»
However, at least two research reviews conducted by the United Kingdom and the United States governments indicate that performing transgender medical procedures on minors may not carry significant benefits.
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Little boy, who is strugglng with their gender, identifying as a girl (Nicoleta Ionescu / Getty Images)
A 2025 report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) concluded there is a lack of proven benefit that medical and surgical sex-reassignment procedures alleviate a patient’s gender dysphoria. Additionally, a report by the National Health Service England found that a medical pathway may not be the best way to address gender-related stress and advised «extreme caution» for hormonal therapy for minors.
In June 2025, AAP President Susan Kressly criticized the Supreme Court’s ruling upholding Tennessee’s ban on providing minors with puberty blockers and hormones, accusing the decision of robbing children of «basic human dignity.»
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«Gender-affirming care is medically necessary for treating gender dysphoria and is backed by decades of peer-reviewed research, clinical experience, and scientific consensus,» Kressly said in a statement at the time.
Do No Harm Chief Medical Officer Kurt Miceli argued that AAP is misrepresenting «the low quality of evidence» supporting «gender-affirming care,» which «can cause lasting harm» to children.
«They are among the staunchest supporters of sex-rejecting procedures for minors, vehemently criticizing HHS’s comprehensive evidence review yet refusing to submit a peer review when invited,» Miceli said. «It is now time for the AAP to re-evaluate their policy statement and follow the American Society of Plastic Surgeons in opposing these harmful, unscientific, and dangerous practices on American kids.»
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A female doctor of Middle Eastern descent sits with a young mother and her son as they discuss the child’s medical needs in Canada on Sept. 28, 2022. (FatCamera / Getty Images)
AAP also created an Adolescent Health Care Toolkit geared toward teaching pediatricians how to engage in sensitive conversations surrounding an underage patient’s sexual activity, their gender identity, and even connecting the patient with emergency contraception based on understanding that this information will not be relayed back to the patient’s parents.
In one of the videos, Kelsey, a 17-year-old «patient,» talked about having sex with her «girlfriend» named Mary, who had a penis. At the beginning of the video, the doctor ensured with Kelsey that their discussion «stayed between the two of us» unless there was a concern for her safety or another person. The doctor discussed plans for birth control and ways to prevent a sexually transmitted infection.
In another training video, a 15-year-old girl told her doctor that she was a «gender-queer-demi-boy.» The girl said she had not shared this information with her parents, and the doctor assured her he would keep it between the two of them.
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In 2025, AAP received roughly $19 million in grants from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The Trump administration terminated $12 million in grants, with HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. accusing AAP’s recommendations of being «just a pay-to-play scheme to promote commercial ambitions.» AAP sued, and a federal judge restored the grants as the litigation plays out in court.
Fox News Digital reached out to AAP for comment.
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