Trump’s plans to restart nuclear testing likely won’t produce any mushroom clouds, experts say

[ad_1] President Trump’s comments about restarting weapons tests are not likely to lead to mushroom-cloud explosions over the New Mexico desert or seismic shaking underground in Nevada, according to the nation’s foremost experts. But questions about what kind of testing Mr. Trump does have in mind have been rippling through the nuclear nonproliferation community. In an…

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Trump says “I know nothing about it” when asked about crypto billionaire pardon

[ad_1] President Trump said “I know nothing about it” when asked by Norah O’Donnell in an exclusive 60 Minutes interview about his pardon of crypto billionaire Changpeng Zhao. In 2023, Zhao pleaded guilty to violating anti-money-laundering laws, but Zhao and his company, Binance, have ties to the Trump family’s investments in cryptocurrency. The Trump family’s…

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Judge in D.C. sandwich thrower case expects two-day trial, calling it “the simplest case in the world”

[ad_1] Throwing a sandwich at a federal agent turned Sean Charles Dunn into a symbol of resistance against President Trump’s law-enforcement surge in the nation’s capital. This week, federal prosecutors are trying to persuade a jury of fellow Washington, D.C., residents that Dunn simply broke the law. That could be a tough sell for the…

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