Sweeping US energy department layoffs hit offices of loans, nuclear security, sources say
The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has laid off about 1,200 to 2,000 workers at the Department of Energy, ...
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DOE layoffs weaken security, economic growth: “Forget American energy dominance”
"These layoffs and rollbacks ultimately will make the US weaker, less resilient, more dependent on other countries," said ...
U.S. energy secretary, OpenAI co-founder say AI race is 'Manhattan Project 2' in Oak Ridge visit
U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright said federal employees in Oak Ridge don't need to worry about terminations.
US energy department says less than 50 purged from nuclear security office
U.S. President Donald Trump and his adviser Elon Musk purged less than 50 workers from the agency that maintains the ...
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The Energy Department invests more in fusion energy
The Energy Department, via the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, is boosting research into fusion energy.
Powering artificial intelligence is key to winning ‘Manhattan Project Two,’ energy secretary says during Oak Ridge visit
Wright visited Oak Ridge Friday, claiming Tennessee’s top national labs will play a key part in getting the country’s energy ...
State Department terminates U.S. support of Ukraine energy grid restoration
The State Department this week terminated a U.S. Agency for International Development initiative that has invested hundreds ...
US National Laboratories scientists participate in ‘AI Jam’ with OpenAI, Anthropic
Nearly 1,000 scientists from multiple U.S. National Laboratories gathered Friday to test artificial intelligence (AI) models from leading firms like OpenAI and Anthropic in an effort to harness ...
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Energy Secretary’s Oak Ridge National Lab visit focused on global AI race
OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (WATE) — The U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright visited Oak Ridge National Laboratory Friday. Joined by Senator Bill Hagerty, Representative Chuck Fleischmann, and the OpenAI ...
Russia's Signal: The State Department has stopped financing the restoration of Ukraine's energy system
This week, the US State Department terminated the initiative of the US Agency for International Development, which funded the ...
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‘Plastics are awesome’: Inside the Energy Department’s partnership with the plastics industry
In a memorandum of understanding with a plastics industry trade association called the American Chemistry Council, or ACC, the Energy Department ... Two dozen states have passed such ...