Nuclear Weapons

The Trump administration has halted the firings of hundreds of federal employees who were tasked with working on the nation’s nuclear weapons programmes, in an about-face that has left workers confused and experts cautioning that DOGE’s blind cost cutting would put communities at risk. Three US officials who spoke to…

The startling contempt for Europe’s intensifying security concerns displayed by Donald Trump and his henchmen has brought an old, controversial question back to the fore: should Britain and France pool their nuclear weapons capabilities and create a Europe-wide defensive nuclear shield to deter Vladimir Putin’s Russia, if the US reduces…

WASHINGTON — The Trump Administration has halted the firings of hundreds of federal employees who were tasked with working on the nation’s nuclear weapons programs, in an about-face that has left workers confused and experts cautioning that DOGE’s blind cost cutting will put communities at risk. Three U.S. officials who…

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WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump and his adviser Elon Musk purged fewer than 50 workers from the agency that maintains the country's nuclear weapons arsenal, the Department of Energy said on Feb 16, after far wider layoffs there were suddenly rescinded, causing chaos among staff. On Feb 14, sources…

The US agency charged with overseeing nuclear weapons is looking to contact workers who were fired on Thursday as part of the Trump administration’s federal cost-cutting measures, but are now needed back. Officials with the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) attempted to notify some probationary employees who had been let…

Former President Ronald Reagan entered office known as a fire-breathing hawk. He left office having signed major agreements to limit nuclear arms. President Donald Trump wants to follow suit, but his policies could complicate that goal. Trump on Thursday said he "wants to restart nuclear arms control talks with Russia…

There appears to be mass chaos at the agency responsible for keeping a “safe, secure, and reliable” watch over the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile. ABC News is reporting that hundreds of employees at the 1,800-person National Nuclear Security Administration were fired on Thursday. Many of them described the situation as…

A US agency responsible for maintaining the nuclear stockpile has fired over hundreds of its staff. Two former staffers confirmed to ABC news that probationary employees began receiving termination notices Thursday night. They expressed worries that the agency of only about 1,800 employees was losing the key nuclear arms expertise…

In a secured room at the F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Wyoming, a Monitor journalist and photographer are getting ready to launch a nuclear missile. It takes two to launch. The training console before them has four screens, its updates appearing in a kludgy old font. There are too…