This apparently significant change in US policy comes days after the US president denounced Russia for testing a nuclear-powered missile.

President Donald Trump reaffirmed on Friday that the U.S. would resume nuclear testing, and he did not answer directly when asked whether that would include the traditional underground nuclear tests ...

"This isn't a political game," the GOP majority leader declared in criticizing the Democratic minority for refusing to reopen the government. "This is real people's lives that we're talking about."