The deal reached in the Senate Sunday would reverse the mass firings initiated during the government shutdown — and guarantee backpay for furloughed government workers. Why it matters: The provisions stymie the Trump White House effort to slash the federal workforce in the shutdown.

A federal judge last week temporarily blocked the Trump administration from conducting mass layoffs of federal workers during the government shutdown, scuttling an administration plan to pressure Democrats into ending the now three-week-old standoff.

We have no reason to doubt the U.S.’ nuclear capacity. But we have every reason to question how seriously this administration takes that responsibility.

Energy Secretary Chris Wright says that new tests of the U.S. nuclear weapons system ordered up by President Donald Trump will not include nuclear explosions

The Trump administration is confident that as more companies look to secure licenses to build nuclear reactors, the NRC will expand.