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 ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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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.
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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When El Salvador agreed to put migrants in "mega-prison," the U.S. paved the way for nuclear power
The nuclear agreement is a potential national security win for the United States, according to Edward Kee, who in 2022 was appointed to the Department of Energy's Nuclear Energy Advisory Committee.
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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 ...