The Latest Breaking News from Nuclear Weapons

Trump Dodges Nuclear Testing Question, Brags About Second Term—Then Gets Pressed Again, Only To Point Fingers At Kim Jong Un, Putin And Xi

In a recent interview with Norah O’Donnell of 60 Minutes on Sunday, President Donald Trump defended his decision to resume nuclear weapons testing, citing China’s rapid nuclear expansion.

Benzinga · Nov 3, 2025

Trump's testing plans for US nuclear weapons won't include explosions, energy secretary says

Energy Secretary Chris Wright says that new tests of the U.S. nuclear weapons system ordered up by President Donald Trump will not include nuclear explosions

The Independent UK · Nov 2, 2025

‘Wake up, Mr. President’: Newsom rips into Trump’s nuclear testing. Then he reveals what’s wrong with the directive

Trump can't even name the right department for his nuclear stunt.

We Got This Covered · Oct 31, 2025

Trump downplays the threat of nuclear escalation saying US has to test because other nations do it

The U.S. last conducted nuclear tests in 1992

The Independent UK · Oct 30, 2025

The Nuclear Club: The 9 countries armed with nukes as US set to resume weapons testing

IN FOCUS: There has been renewed focus on nuclear arsenals after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, James C Reynolds and Maryam Zakir-Hussain report

The Independent UK · Oct 30, 2025

If the US resumes nuclear weapons testing, this would be extremely dangerous for humanity

US President Donald Trump has instructed the Pentagon to resume nuclear weapons testing immediately, “on an equal basis” with other countries’ testing programs.

The Conversation · Oct 30, 2025

Trump orders restart of nuclear weapons testing moments before face-off with China's Xi

The American president said: ‘With others doing testing, I think it's appropriate that we do also’

Evening Standard · Oct 30, 2025

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

President Donald Trump has suggested the U.S. will restart nuclear weapons testing, a move that upends decades of American policy

The Independent UK · Oct 30, 2025

Afternoon Update: Trump orders US nuclear weapons tests; pre-dawn massacre in Rio favela; and does married sex need a rebrand?

Pentagon instructed to to ‘immediately’ start matching Russia and China in their testing of nuclear weapons

The Guardian - AU · Oct 30, 2025

US will resume testing nuclear weapons for first time in 30 years, Trump says

Trump said changes were necessary because other countries were testing their weapons. Russia has claimed it has recently conducted multiple nuclear arms tests.

Euronews · Oct 30, 2025