The U.S. is producing nuclear weapons at levels not seen since the Cold War, Energy Secretary Chris Wright told lawmakers Thursday, as officials warned of a rapidly expanding Chinese arsenal and growing nuclear threats from Iran. “Today, NNSA is delivering more new nuclear weapons and plutonium pits than at any time since the Cold War,” Wright said during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, describing what he called...

A local Virginia Democrat blasted the Department of Justice’s civil rights probe into Soros-backed Fairfax Commonwealth Attorney Steve Descano as a “hit job” last week. The department recently launched an investigation into allegations Descano’s office gave preferential treatment to criminal illegal immigrants. “Given how the Trump administration does their job, I would say it’s likely to be a hit job because that’s what they do,” Fairfax County Supervisor...