Congress was out and Washington was empty, but that didn’t stop news from breaking during our annual holiday publication break. As chronicled in the Weapons Complex Morning Briefing, here are a few stories that we’ve been following.
DOE Formally Begins…
Wayne Barber
Viewers did not need to stay up late Tuesday night to hear most major national news outlets had declared that the Democratic Party had won control of both the U.S. House of Representatives as well as the Senate as that was determined by 11:30 p.m. Eastern Time.
CBS…
A recount in the middle of the night Wednesday confirmed the reelection of Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.), whose district abuts Savannah River Site in Aiken, S.C., according to local publication Post and Courier.
Wilson fought off a challenge from 25-year-old Democrat…
Democrats’ sweeping victories in last week’s midterms, taking back control of the House and Senate, are set to reshape key spots atop defense committees, to include House Armed Services panels and Senate appropriations leadership.
Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.),…
The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) announced Monday that contractors have broken ground on what will be a new 22,000-square-foot office center at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina.
NNSA and construction contractor…
With the Democratic Party seizing the majority in Congress, coupled with retirements on both sides of the aisle, the Senate Appropriations Committee will look a lot different in January 2027 than it did a year earlier.
Current Chair Susan Collins (R-Maine) lost…
A recount in the middle of the night Wednesday confirmed the reelection of Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.), whose district abuts Savannah River Site in Aiken, S.C., according to local publication Post and Courier.
Wilson fought off a challenge from 25-year-old Democrat…
Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.) urged industry members at a Tuesday event to engage with Congress following the midterm elections to continue domestic nuclear power’s current momentum.
Fleischmann told the U.S. Nuclear Industry Council’s New Nuclear Capital…
The House of Representatives passed several nuclear energy-related bills Monday evening that address varying facets of the nuclear fuel cycle in an effort to streamline licensing and construct more nuclear capacity.
On the first day back following the midterm election,…
