An expert at the Federation of American Scientists warned that “radioactive fallout would be intense” if the U.S. deployed a penetrator nuke. The White House said Thursday that President Donald Trump has not ruled out dropping a nuclear weapon on Iran as he considers options for joining Israel’s escalating and increasingly deadly war. An unnamed Trump administration […]
“The roadless rule is the most effective conservation rule on the books at protecting mature and old-growth forests,” said one environmental campaigner. A top Trump official on Monday announced a plan to end a rule that protects tens of millions of acres in the National Forest System and which would clear the way for road […]
“While you’re playing confused referee, Netanyahu is running circles around you with our tax dollars,” said the Minnesota Democrat. Rep. Ilhan Omar on Tuesday slammed President Donald Trump’s handling of events in the Middle East in recent days, including his decision to bomb Iranian nuclear targets, after the president fumed over Israel and Iran’s military exchanges earlier in the […]
“It’s such a terrible precedent that could drive states to determine that the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty no longer benefits their security,” one expert warned during a virtual event on the conflict. Experts said Monday during a webinar on the escalating Mideast crisis that U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran’s civilian nuclear facilities—which were ostensibly under […]