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Trump and Musk want to re-hire people who keep U.S. nuclear weapons safe — if they can find them Nuclear Weapons

Trump and Musk want to re-hire people who keep U.S. nuclear weapons safe — if they can find them

You may think we have too many nuclear weapons. Or you may think we don’t have enough. One thing you most certainly do not think, however, is that we should arbitrarily fire the people who keep these weapons safe and secure. But that is exactly what happened last week when…
bubmag
February 19, 2025
US rescinds mass firings of nuclear weapons workers amid security concerns Nuclear Weapons

US rescinds mass firings of nuclear weapons workers amid security concerns

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…
bubmag
February 17, 2025
As the US retreats, Europe must look out for itself – so is Macron’s nuclear offer the answer? | Simon Tisdall Nuclear Weapons

As the US retreats, Europe must look out for itself – so is Macron’s nuclear offer the answer? | Simon Tisdall

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…
bubmag
February 17, 2025
Trump Administration Fires, Then Rescinds Firing of Nuclear Weapons Workers Nuclear Weapons

Trump Administration Fires, Then Rescinds Firing of Nuclear Weapons Workers

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…
bubmag
February 17, 2025
Trump administration backtracks on firing nuclear arsenal workers Nuclear Weapons

Trump administration backtracks on firing nuclear arsenal workers

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…
bubmag
February 15, 2025
Trump’s Purge Hits Nuclear Weapons Agency—Setting Off National Crisis Nuclear Weapons

Trump’s Purge Hits Nuclear Weapons Agency—Setting Off National Crisis

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…
bubmag
February 14, 2025
Major job loss as US nuclear weapons agency sacks over hundred workers Nuclear Weapons

Major job loss as US nuclear weapons agency sacks over hundred workers

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…
bubmag
February 14, 2025