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Wrap-up: No. 2 Senate Democrat retiring; Anti-nuclear activist petitions Three Mile Island name change; Los Alamos TRISO fuel; more

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Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), the no. 2 Senate Democrat and a senior defense appropriator, announced Wednesday in a video he will not seek reelection in 2026.
Durbin, 80, was elected to the Senate in 1996 and has served as the upper chamber’s Democratic Whip since…

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