Iran Intelligence, Supreme Court Term Ends, Gaza Food Program
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🗓️ 27 June 2025
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| 0:00.0 | military officers planned a strike on an Iranian nuclear facility for 15 years. |
| 0:07.4 | They literally dreamed about this target at night when they slept. |
| 0:12.5 | What were the results once the attack finally came? |
| 0:14.8 | I'm Steven Skiy with A. Martinez, and this is up first from NPR News. |
| 0:20.6 | The Supreme Court ends its term today with six rulings due, including one on birthright citizenship. |
| 0:27.6 | Three lower courts have blocked the president's birthright citizenship executive order, |
| 0:32.6 | and the court will decide whether judges have the authority to issue nationwide injunctions against such things. |
| 0:39.1 | And the U.S. has pledged funding for a new Israeli and U.S. supported E-group in Gaza. Gaza health officials say hundreds of Palestinians have been killed as they approach the group's distribution sites for food. |
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| 1:30.4 | The Trump administration has revealed a number of new details about U.S. airstrikes on Iran's |
| 1:36.1 | nuclear program. The president's top military advisor described an operation many years in the making, |
| 1:41.3 | and at the end of those years, he said, B-2 pilots put giant bombs on the |
| 1:45.3 | target and returned safely. At the same briefing, the defense secretary attacked the media, |
| 1:50.3 | but officials did not give much clarity on exactly how much damage the attack did to Iran's nuclear |
| 1:55.9 | program. For more, we're joined by NPR National Security correspondent, Greg, Maury, Greg. so are we any closer at all to knowing how much damage was done to Iran's nuclear program? |
| 2:06.2 | Well, we're learning more, but we still don't have a clear assessment. And, A, it's probably not realistic to expect one at this point. |
| 2:14.5 | All the evidence presented by the Trump administration shows the U.S. |
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