There are many things that have defined Nevada over time: the Kit Carson trail, the legalization of gaming and loosening of ...

Nuclear weapons haven’t been tested in the United States since 1992. Find out why, and what could happen if the hiatus ends.

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — President Donald Trump appeared to suggest the U.S. will resume testing nuclear weapons for the first time in three decades, reopening a chapter of Nevada history that leaders want ...

Nevada has been the site of more than 900 nuclear weapons tests by the U.S. government. The Nevada Legislature unanimously passed a 2025 resolution asking the president and Congress not to resume ...

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Though the country’s nuclear arsenal has undergone no explosive testing for decades, federal experts say it can reliably obliterate targets halfway around the globe. By William J. Broad President ...

Nevada Democrats are pushing for more detail into Donald Trump’s call to resume nuclear testing as members of the president’s administration say publicly that explosive testing is unlikely. Sens.

Resuming full testing of nuclear weapons — as President Donald Trump called for last week — would be unnecessary, costly, undermine nonproliferation efforts, and empower the nation’s adversaries to ...

Nevadans should not expect to see mushroom clouds in the desert after President Donald Trump’s message that he wants to see nuclear testing resume immediately. “No worries about that,” said Chris ...