Nuclear Weapons

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country's nuclear weapons arsenal, the Department of Energy said on Feb 16, after far wider layoffs there were suddenly rescinded, causing chaos among staff.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…

WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump said on Thursday (Feb 13) he would like to have conversations with both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping about imposing limits on their nuclear arsenals. Answering questions from reporters in the Oval Office, Trump said denuclearisation would be a goal in…

On October 5, 2024, Iran was struck by an earthquake. Just minutes later, rumors began to spread on social media that it hadn’t been a natural event, but a secret Iranian nuclear weapons test. Now, researchers led by Johns Hopkins University have debunked these claims in a study published on…

US President Donald Trump holds a joint press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in the East Room at the White House in Washington, US, February 7, 2025.— Reuters SEOUL: North Korea said on Saturday that its nuclear weapons are meant solely for combat use against enemies threatening its people…

The Department of Energy on Friday tried to clarify why one of Elon Musk’s DOGE underlings was granted access to the department’s I.T. systems despite opposition from its general counsel and cybersecurity offices.  CNN reports that Luke Farritor, 23, whose previous work experience consists of an internship at Musk’s company…