Nuclear Firm Working With Chinese Military Companies Pushes for $900 Million US Uranium Contract

On its face, Orano Federal Services, a North Carolina-based nuclear fuel cycle company, is a plausible partner for a $900 million Department of Energy contract to produce uranium for America’s nuclear plants. But the firm’s parent company, the French majority state-owned Orano Group, works with two Chinese military companies to boost Beijing’s nuclear power industry,

In Deleted Social Media Posts, Michigan Senate Candidate Abdul El-Sayed Repeatedly Drew Equivalence Between 9/11 and the US Response

Abdul El-Sayed, a candidate in the Democratic primary for Michigan’s open Senate seat, repeatedly drew an equivalence between 9/11 and the ensuing war on terror in since-deleted posts on X and a 2021 op-ed, arguing that both were “perpetrated ignorantly” and driven by “tribalistic grievance.” “Today, I mourn the 3K lives, 6K injuries, & infrastructural

Trump, Starmer Discuss Ukraine, Gaza Peace Efforts in Pre-Christmas Call

President Donald Trump boards Air Force One as he departs from Rocky Mount Wilson Regional Airport after holding a political rally, in Elm City, N.C., on Dec. 19, 2025. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer discussed the U.S.-led peace efforts in Ukraine and Gaza in a