Sarah Salem
Articles By Sarah
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CongressSen. Mullin “Pretty Confident” Government Will Open By End Of Week
Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said in the halls of the Capitol Tuesday that Congress will likely vote to open the government by […]
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Nuclear ModernizationWarren Asks STRATCOM Nominee To “Not Stand In The Way” Of Independent Studies On Sentinel
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) last week asked President Donald Trump’s pick to head the U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM) not to “shield” nuclear weapons programs “from independent oversight.” During the confirmation […]
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DoD Nuclear Nominee Questions Russia’s, China’s Compliance With Test Bans
There have been reports since 2019 on Russia and China’s potential noncompliance with the Threshold Test Ban Treaty, one of President Donald Trump’s nominees to join the Department of Defense […]
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Nuclear ModernizationBWXT Records Strong Third Quarter Despite Government Shutdown
Earnings rose significantly at BWX Technologies (BWXT), Lynchburg, Va., in the third quarter, which the company attributed to its “differentiating nuclear credentials” and some multi-year, special materials contracts it received. […]
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Trump: China, Russia Are Testing; Wright Says No ‘Mushroom Cloud’ Near NNSS
In the wake of President Donald Trump’s announcement that the U.S. would test nuclear weapons “on an equal basis” with other countries, Secretary of Energy Chris Wright clarified this did […]
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Nuclear ModernizationAfter Trump Orders “Equal Basis” Nuclear Testing, STRATCOM Nominee Pledges “Informed Analysis” On Any Changes
President Donald Trump said on his Truth Social account on Wednesday that he ordered the Pentagon to “immediately” begin the process of testing nuclear weapons “on an equal basis” with […]
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Nuclear ModernizationContractor Group Says NNSA Contractors Have 2-4 Weeks Of Funding Left
The Professional Services Council (PSC), a trade association representing 400 federal contractors, wrote a letter Oct. 28 to Congressional leaders mourning the federal government shutdown, citing its effect on the […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNNSA Partners With HPE And NVIDIA For Two New Supercomputers
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) announced Tuesday its Los Alamos National Laboratory selected tech companies Hewlett Packard Enterprise [HPE] and NVIDIA [NVDA] to develop and deploy two new supercomputers. […]
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Nuclear ModernizationFormer Army Secretary To Become NTI President
Christine Wormuth, most recently the secretary of the Army, will be the Washington-based nonprofit Nuclear Threat Initiative’s (NTI) newest president and third CEO effective Nov. 17, the organization announced last […]
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Nuclear ModernizationHouse Dems “Urgently Demand” End To Furloughs As Labs Send Workers Home
House lawmakers last week condemned the furloughs of 1,400 of Energy Department’s semi-autonomous National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) workers in a letter to Secretary of Energy Chris Wright and NNSA […]