Trump officials fired nuclear staff not realizing they oversee the country’s weapons stockpile, sources say
Some of the fired probationary employees included on-the-ground staff at facilities where nuclear weapons are built.
US nuclear weapons agency hit by layoffs after DOGE exemption denied
The National Nuclear Security Administration dismissed dozens of employees as part of Trump's effort to shrink the federal ...
US energy department says less than 50 purged from nuclear security office
U.S. President Donald Trump and his adviser Elon Musk purged less than 50 workers from the agency that maintains the ...
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Deep underground, missileers watch over America’s nuclear weapons
Only Donald Trump can make the call to launch U.S. nuclear-armed ICBMs. Our reporter visits the subterranean world of the ...
A brief history of missing US nuclear weapons
Only one (or possibly two) of the missing bombs was fully assembled at the time it was lost. The total number of confirmed ...
Trump 2nd term live updates: Mass layoffs at US nuclear weapons agency paused
The Department of Energy has paused the firings of hundreds of employees who work for a key agency maintaining the U.S.