Western Nuclear Industry Bounces Back With Progress Across Small And Large Designs

The Appalachian region, while always relatively poor, had strong families and institutions that held things together. In the aftermath of the expansion of the welfare state and the shrinking of the iron, steel, and coal industries, we have seen social breakdowns and increasing drug addiction.

Chinese Nationals Among 51 Indicted Over Marijuana Grow Operations In Oklahoma Authored by Michael Clements via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A Department of Homeland Security investigation has resulted in the indictment of 51 defendants—including 29 Chinese nationals—on 67 counts of conspiracy to manufacture black-market marijuana in Oklahoma for distribution in Texas, Mississippi, Kansas, and North Carolina, among other locales. Oklahoma drug enforcement agent Mike Garcia looks over rows of marijuana plants at an illegal grow facility in Ponca City, Okla, on Dec. 22, 2025. Allan Stein/The Epoch Times The defendants are from...

Duffy Seeking $10 Billion From Congress To Revamp Air Traffic Control System Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said on April 21 the department requires $10 billion in additional funding from Congress to overhaul the nation’s air traffic control with a new software system. Duffy told Reuters in an interview that the additional funding would go toward developing new software aimed at improving the efficiency of air travel and reducing flight delays. “This tool lets us see and then spread flights in a way that allows...