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For Decades, a Treaty Contained the Threat of Nuclear Weapons. Now That’s All at Risk.
On July 16, 1945, the Nuclear Age erupted into being, with the atomic bomb’s first test, code-named Trinity, in the desert of New Mexico. Today, 80 years later, the bomb still dominates our lives—we ...
On the Senate’s ‘Kumbaya’ committee, John Kennedy is suddenly singing off-key
That’s a reference to the ongoing standoff Kennedy’s in with Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins of Maine over the ...
Maxwell Moved to Minimum-Security Prison After Justice Dept. Questioning
Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime associate of Jeffrey Epstein now serving a 20-year prison sentence for sexually exploiting ...
France, UK Sign Nuclear Deal as Russia's Economic Woes Renew Security Fears
Despite a recovery from a 1.4% contraction in 2022, the Russian economy showed signs of overheating by 2023, as wage growth and inflation accelerated. The central bank raised interest rates as high as ...
House Oversight subcommittee takes step to subpoena Justice Dept. for Epstein files
The House of Representatives is set to issue a subpoena for the Justice Department to release files related to sex offender ...
MQ-25 Stingray Carrier-Based Uncrewed Tanker Ground Testing Now Underway
Boeing and the Navy are hopeful that a production representative MQ-25 will fly for the first time this year after repeated ...
US stock market and global trade partners react to Trump’s new tariffs. Here’s how the day unfolded.
President Trump’s latest tariff moves signed in an order on Thursday drew worries from Wall Street as stocks slumped and ...
Trump threatens 100% secondary tariffs on Russia; Supreme Court allows mass layoffs at Education Department
Latest news and updates as Trump announces the U.S. will send Patriot missiles to Ukraine and meets with NATO's secretary ...
Defeat the Press: How Donald Trump’s Attacks on News Outlets Undermine the First Amendment
Trump's $16 million lawsuit settlement with Paramount and CBS is the latest example of the president's war to discredit media ...
House Oversight Committee to subpoena DOJ for Epstein files; Trump to visit Federal Reserve
The Federal Law Enforcement Subcommittee tonight approved a motion by Rep. Summer Lee, D-Pa., to subpoena the Justice ...
House lawmakers vote to subpoena all Epstein-related files from Justice Department. See a recap.
Three Republicans on the panel voted with Democrats for the subpoena, sending it through on an 8-2 vote tally.
From ‘No Nukes’ to Nuclear Now: The progressive energy flip
A partial meltdown at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania nearly 50 years ago pushed Gene Stilp into a life of activism, starting with a 1979 march on the Capitol he helped organize that drew 65,000 ...