World News Story Trump Considering Testing Nuclear Weapons For First Time In Decades

Putin weapons buildup and Trump nuclear tests stoke fears

Experts have warned the U.S. could be on the brink of a nuclear war after decades of simmering tensions with Russia recently escalated sharply, threatening millions of lives, Knewz.com can report. The ... Read More

Trump appears to suggest the US will resume testing nuclear weapons for first time in 30 years

BUSAN, South Korea(AP) — President Donald Trump appeared to suggest the U.S. will resume testing nuclear weapons for the first time in three decades, saying it would be on an “equal basis” with Russia ... Read More

Trump declines to clarify on nuclear weapons tests

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE — President Donald Trump declined to say Friday whether he plans to resume underground nuclear detonation tests, as he had seemed to suggest in a social media post this week that ... Read More

US official defends Trump’s nuclear test comments by citing mounting risks from other states

VIENNA -- In the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump’s suggestion earlier this year that the U.S. would resume nuclear testing, a U.S. government representative defended the stance at a global nuclear ... Read More

Trump's comments on nuclear testing upend decades of US policy. Here's what to know about it

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates(AP) — President Donald Trump's comments Thursday suggesting the United States will restart its testing of nuclear weapons upends decades of American policy in regards to ... Read More

After Trump Orders Nuclear Testing to Resume, ‘Golden Rule,’ America’s First Anti-Nuclear Protest Boat, Returns to Its Mission

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 ... Read More

Speaker Johnson backs Trump on nuclear testing: ‘It’s a deterrent’

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) gave backup to President Trump when asked about the president vowing to begin testing nuclear weapons for the first time since 1992. “The commander in chief wants us to be ... Read More

A Hiroshima survivor reflects as Trump considers unleashing a new nuclear age

Hiroshima, Japan — Koko Kondo was returning from the Vatican, where she had sat beside Pope Leo XIV and delivered the closing words at a three-day international meeting about peace, when President ... Read More

Trump’s new ‘Trump-class’ battleship will carry nuclear weapons

President Donald Trump unveiled plans for a “Trump-class” battleship on Monday that will carry nuclear-armed cruise missiles — the first time a surface ship will be armed with such weapons since the ... Read More

A judge to weigh in on SNAP benefits. And, Trump wants to resume nuclear testing

Tomorrow, many Americans will feel the impact of the government shutdown as SNAP food benefits will run out for about 42 million people. Saturday also marks the start of enrollment on federal ... Read More

Trump has good reasons to want nuclear weapons tests

Discussing nuclear weapons earlier this month, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said the nation “is committed to peaceful development, follows a policy of ‘no first use’ of nuclear ... Read More