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On Oct. 30, 2025, President Donald Trump ordered the United States to resume nuclear weapons testing for the first time since the early 1990s, arguing the move was necessary to keep pace with Russia ...

A U.S. official focusing on arms control has provided what he called new, declassified details of a Chinese underground ...

Last week, NPR and other news outlets aired a story about a possible nuclear test conducted in China. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Yeaw alleged that China had conducted a clandestine ...

President Donald Trump’s announcement this month that the United States would restart nuclear weapons testing on an “equal basis” with other nations — alluding to unverified claims that Moscow and ...

(CNN) — The United States on Friday accused China of carrying out a secret nuclear test in 2020 as the Trump administration calls for a broader nuclear weapons agreement including both China and ...

(CNN) — The world passed a nuclear milestone this week. And, perhaps surprisingly given the recent run of saber-rattling from the likes of Russia and the United States, it’s a positive one. “As of ...

On Wednesday, Jan. 7, Duke Energy will conduct its first quarterly siren test of 2026 at each of its six nuclear power plants.Approximate siren test times:10 a.m. - 11 a.m. for Brunswick and Harris ...