The Latest Breaking News from the National Nuclear Security Administration

Nation’s nuclear weapon watchdog gutted to just 400 workers from nearly 2,000 as Trump shutdown layoffs hit agency

National Nuclear Security Administration is tasked with safeguarding U.S.’s nuclear stockpile. ‘These are not employees that you want to go home,’ one congressman said

The Independent UK · Oct 20, 2025

Key US nuclear agency to send 80% of workforce home as shutdown drags on

About 1,400 staff at NNSA, which manages America’s nuclear weapons stockpile, to be furloughed on Monday

The Guardian - US · Oct 17, 2025

US agency overseeing nuclear weapons breached in Microsoft SharePoint attack

Microsoft SharePoint zero-day flaws were exploited to breach over 50 organizations, including the National Nuclear Security Administration.

Windows Central · Jul 23, 2025

DOGE Abruptly Fires Nuclear Bomb Experts, Scrambles to Bring Them Back Days Later: Report

DOGE abruptly terminated hundreds of nuclear weapons specialists at the National Nuclear Security Administration only to scramble to bring them back days later.

Latin Times · Feb 15, 2025

US nuclear weapon production sites violated environmental rules, federal judge decides

A U.S. Judge has ruled that the National Nuclear Security Administration failed to properly evaluate its expansion of plutonium pit production at two sites in New Mexico and South Carolina in violation of environmental regulations

The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2024

Whistleblower: Microsoft left US at risk

Russian hackers used the weakness to breach the National Nuclear Security Administration and others

Salon · Jun 13, 2024