WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF11662) on Jan. 23, 2025, by nonproliferation specialist Mary Beth D. Nikitin and defense policy analyst Anya L. Fink: * * * U.S. Nuclear Weapons Tests The United States has observed a voluntary moratorium on nuclear explosive testing since 1992, although it has maintained the ability to resume these tests at the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS). Since 1993, it has used a pro  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Jan. 21 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: * * * The precedents for Trump's and Biden's use of pardon power, expert discusses More stories from the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences The 24 hours between the end of former President Joe Biden's administration and the start of President Donald Trump's second term saw unusual uses of a president's constitutional power to pardon. Biden issued preemptive pardons protecting family members, administrators, an  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release: * * * Trump Invokes Authoritarian Powers on Day One to Gut Environmental Protections WASHINGTON-- President Trump ordered federal agencies today to begin unlawfully gutting protections for the climate, clean air and water, and public lands. Following through on his threat to act like a dictator "on day one," Trump also ordered a massive expansion of oil, gas and coal extraction fr  more