According to The New York Times, the president must read a code known as the "nuclear biscuit" from a laminated card they always keep with them. Idris Elba, who plays the president in A House of ...

Kathryn Bigelow’s new film “A House of Dynamite” tears down that wall. A nuclear missile is detected arcing over the Pacific. The clock starts: 18 minutes to impact. In Washington, alarms erupt, aides ...

Do you know what to do in the event of a nuclear attack – one aimed at Chicago? Director Kathryn Bigelow’s latest film, “A House of Dynamite,” is appearing today on Netflix and at select Chicago ...

Experts with the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists in Chicago analyze the risks, both as they’re depicted in the movie and in ...

The escalating tensions between Iran and Israel have ignited worries about a possible global conflict, with growing concerns over the likelihood of World War III. As tensions rise in the Middle East, ...

The U.S. has not conducted a nuclear test in over 30 years. Experts say doing one now could make America less safe.

ISLAMABAD — Saudi Arabia and nuclear-armed Pakistan have signed a mutual defense pact that defines any attack on either nation as an attack on both — a key accord in the wake of Israel’s strike on ...

Though the country’s nuclear arsenal has undergone no explosive testing for decades, federal experts say it can reliably ...

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