Nuclear weapons haven’t been tested in the United States since 1992. Find out why, and what could happen if the hiatus ends.

Nuclear weapons tests are among the most violent events humans can trigger, and that violence leaves fingerprints in the ...

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Opinion: This op-ed's authors argue that the president's nuclear testing comments were correct, considering America's aging ...

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with business leaders at the U.S. Ambassador's Residence in Tokyo on Oct. 28, 2025 Credit - Andrew Harnik—Getty Images Here's what we know about Trump's ...

Hours before meeting President Xi Jinping of China on Thursday, President Trump made a confounding proclamation: He wanted the Pentagon to “start testing our nuclear weapons on an equal basis” with ...

Energy Secretary Chris Wright revealed the U.S. will not be testing nuclear explosions, putting to rest questions over whether the Trump administration would reverse a decades-old taboo. Testing will ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — New tests of the U.S. nuclear weapons system ordered up by President Donald Trump will not include nuclear explosions, Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Sunday. It was ...

CFR scholars provide expert analysis and commentary on international issues. Erin D. Dumbacher is Stanton nuclear security senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. President Donald Trump ...

Diplomacy worked for decades, mainly because of an understanding that avoiding nuclear war was essential to humanity’s future ...