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Congress

Congress will hold a hearing about the Sentinel missile’s exploding budget, but is it too little, too late?

By Chloe Shrager | Nuclear Weapons

To find a place to store spent nuclear fuel, Congress needs to stop trying to revive Yucca Mountain

By David Klaus | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Waste

Senate passes bill to expand compensation for radiation victims. Will the House agree?

By Allen Hester | Nuclear Weapons

To enhance national security, the Biden administration will have to trim an exorbitant defense wish list

By David Kearn | Nuclear Weapons

Congress torpedoes a Biden nominee and casts doubt on nuclear safety

By Allison Macfarlane | Nuclear Energy

Interview: California Congressman Ted Lieu on what you can do about existential threats

By John Mecklin | Nuclear Risk, Opinion, Special Topics

Why the congressional strategic posture report is not about nuclear deterrence, but warfighting

By Tara Drozdenko | Nuclear Weapons

The guided-missile destroyer USS Chafee launches a Block V Tomahawk cruise missile, the weapon's newest variant, during a three day missile exercise. (U.S. Navy photo by Ensign Sean Ianno)

Why the US fixation on increased nuclear capability won’t deter China but could lead to instability and nuclear war

By Andrew Facini | Nuclear Weapons

Artist’s conception of Galileo satellite in orbit in 2021. Image courtesy of European Space Agency

In Congress, no one can hear you scream (about space)

By Jared Rosen | Disruptive Technologies, Technology and Security

If 167 hearings didn’t prepare Congress for the COVID pandemic, what will?

By Matt Field | Biosecurity

Ready, aim, fired: Can Biden rescue the Nuclear Posture Review?

By Stephen I. Schwartz | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

broken hourglass with sand pouring out

Congress has to fix Trump’s 11th-hour climate rules—before it’s too late

By Gary Yohe, Henry Jacoby, Richard Richels, Benjamin Santer | Climate Change