Eighty Years After the First Nuke Test, the World Is at a Dangerous Crossroads

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 ... Read More

Russia Issues Nuclear Warning After Trump's Weapons for Ukraine Plan

President Trump's tone has shifted both toward Putin and regarding the continuation of U.S. military support for Ukraine. Read More

What Trump Doesn’t Understand About Nuclear War

This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today ... pursuit of a chimera would cause Trump to stop threatening nuclear war. Trump remains an unstable leader in a world far more unstable than ... Read More

Trump Just Undid Decades of Nuclear Diplomacy | Opinion

President Donald Trump's reckless and illegal strikes on Iranian nuclear sites now threaten to blow up the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. Read More

Time for Trump to step up and end the Iranian threat, once and for all

President Trump vowed Iran won’t get nukes. Now that Israel has started making that a reality, Trump must see it through — and rid the world of the Iranian threat, once and for all. Read More

Trump says Iran's nuclear sites were 'obliterated.' Were they?

While that may be the case, an independent assessment of Iran's nuclear sites by the International Atomic Energy Agency has not occurred. Read More

Netanyahu: Iran could produce nuclear weapon 'in a very short time'

In an address, the Israeli prime minister said Iran had taken steps to weaponize enriched uranium and was on the cusp of developing a nuclear weapon. Read More

Opinion | Why we should worry about nuclear weapons again

Deadlier weapons, more nations, autocrats in charge, disinformation and collapsing arms control — the risk of nuclear catastrophe is back. Read More

Trump weighs joining Israel on strikes of Iranian nuclear sites

President Trump is considering joining Israel's multiday effort to strike Iranian nuclear facilities, multiple sources familiar with the matter told CBS News. Read More

Russia Warns World Is ‘Millimeters’ Away From Nuclear Catastrophe

As Trump considers joining the war in the Middle East, Iran’s ally says there could be potentially perilous consequences for the world. Read More

Trump warns of military action if Iran enriches more uranium

President Trump warned that Iran will not be allowed to enrich uranium -- hinting at possible military strikes. Read More

Trump signs executive orders to "usher in the American nuclear ...

The White House says the orders President Trump approved Friday will help promote American energy dominance. Read More