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FILE - In this March 1999 file photo, the first load of nuclear waste arrives at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) site in Carlsbad, N.M., from Los Alamos National Laboratory. The U.S. government's efforts to clean up decades worth of Cold War-era waste from nuclear research and bomb making at federal sites around the country has chugged along, often at a pace that watchdogs and other critics say threatens public health and the environment. Now, fallout from the global coronavirus pandemic is resulting in more challenges as WIPP, the nation's only underground repository for nuclear waste, finished ramping down operations Wednesday, April 1, 2020, to keep workers safe. (AP Photo/Thomas Herbert, File)

Cleanup of US nuclear waste takes back seat as virus spreads

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN - Associated Press

In this Dec. 11, 2019, file photo, Saudi Arabia's state-owned oil company Armco and stock market officials celebrate during the official ceremony marking the debut of Aramco's initial public offering (IPO) on the Riyadh's stock market, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. On April 2, 2020, President Trump said the Saudi government had assured him it was cutting back on oil production. News of the agreement gave a boost to oil prices and the stock market. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File) **FILE**

Trump tweet buoys market, but oil accord up in the air

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

A few shoppers wander through the empty hallways of an outlet mall Tuesday, March 17, 2020, in Lakewood, Colo. Many of the stores were closed in the mall because of the coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

A cruel paradox: Beating virus means causing US recession

By PAUL WISEMAN - Associated Press

Hazardous waste found under housing site in New Mexico

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New Mexico officials: Proposed US cleanup budget falls short

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 9, 2015, file photo, people walk into the south portal of Yucca Mountain during a congressional tour of the proposed radioactive waste dump near Mercury, Nev., 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas. The Trump administration's proposed budget for the U.S. Energy Department drew criticism Tuesday, March 3, 2020, as Democratic senators voiced concerns that spending to clean up sites contaminated by decades of nuclear research and bomb-making was being cut in order to fund modernization of the nation's nuclear arsenal. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

US senators: Budget proposal stifles contamination cleanup

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN - Associated Press

UNR hosts 2nd annual Cybersecurity Conference

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Community forum to focus on cleanup at Los Alamos lab

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President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s exaggerated ‘great American comeback’

By JOSH BOAK and CALVIN WOODWARD and HOPE YEN - Associated Press

Downing of jet in Iran reveals Islamic Republic’s wider woes

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

Nuclear repository oversight office gets new acting manager

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EPA to issue permits for Los Alamos storm water runoff

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Secretary of Energy nominee Dan Brouillette smiles during a Senate hearing on his nomination, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump’s pick for energy boss answers Nevada’s nuke concerns

By SCOTT SONNER - Associated Press

In this Nov. 12, 2018, photo provided by the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, Energy Secretary Rick Perry speaks in Kyiv, Ukraine. Michael Bleyzer and Alex Cranberg, two political supporters of Perry, secured a potentially lucrative oil-and-gas exploration deal from the Ukrainian government soon after Perry proposed one of the men as an adviser to the country’s new president. (U.S. Embassy Kyiv via AP)

After boost from Perry, supporters got huge Ukraine gas deal

By DESMOND BUTLER, MICHAEL BIESECKER and STEPHEN BRAUN and RICHARD LARDNER - Associated Press

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Guyanese Attorney General Basil Williams says administration aims to use oil resources wisely

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this Nov. 12, 2018, photo provided by the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, Energy Secretary Rick Perry speaks in Kyiv, Ukraine. Michael Bleyzer and Alex Cranberg, two political supporters of Perry, secured a potentially lucrative oil-and-gas exploration deal from the Ukrainian government soon after Perry proposed one of the men as an adviser to the country’s new president. (U.S. Embassy Kyiv via AP)

After push from Rick Perry, backers got huge gas deal in Ukraine

By Desmond Butler, Michael Biesecker, Stephen Braun and Richard Lardner - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019 photo, a sign is posted at a construction site on the Mariner East pipeline in a residential neighborhood in Exton, Pa. The 350-mile (560-kilometer) pipeline route traverses those suburbs, close to schools, ballfields and senior care facilities. The spread of drilling, compressor stations and pipelines has changed neighborhoods — and opinions. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

House Democrats block GOP effort to prevent nationwide fracking ban

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Despite President Trump's efforts to pull American forces from a "forever war" in Syria, Pentagon leaders said the mission to protect vital oil fields from ISIS has expanded and now includes a directive to keep anyone — including the Russian military and Syrian dictator Bashar Assad's forces — away from the energy reserves. (Associated Press file photo)

U.S. to block Russian, Syrian military forces from vast oil fields

By Ben Wolfgang and Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

FILE - In this April 9, 2015, file photo, people walk into the south portal of Yucca Mountain during a congressional tour of the proposed radioactive waste dump near Mercury, Nev., 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas. A federal judge in Reno has agreed to allow Nevada to amend its lawsuit in an ongoing legal battle with the U.S. Energy Department to try to show why the government should be forced to remove weapons-grade plutonium it secretly shipped to a site near Las Vegas last year over the state's objections. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Judge allows Nevada to amend suit over removal of plutonium

By SCOTT SONNER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 1, 2007, file photo, construction crews work on early stages of a new mixed oxide fuel, or MOX fabrication facility at the Savannah River nuclear complex near Aiken, S.C. The U.S. Supreme Court will not hear South Carolina’s appeal of a ruling allowing the federal government to shut down the under construction nuclear fuel facility in the state. The justices refused to hear the case without comment on Monday, Oct. 14, 2019. A federal appeals court ruled in October 2018 the U.S. Energy Department could stop work on the multi-billion dollar plant at the Savannah River Site near Aiken. (Grace Beahm/The Post And Courier via AP, File)

Supreme Court lets US stop work on $8B SC nuclear fuel plant

By JEFFREY COLLINS - Associated Press