For the first time in the United States, a utility is asking federal regulators for a permit to build a small nuclear reactor. The nation’s largest public power company, the Tennessee Valley Authority, announced Tuesday it submitted a construction permit application to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a small, modular nuclear reactor. It wants to develop next-generation nuclear power in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, at its Clinch River site. TVA President and CEO Don Moul said that by going first, they can show other utilities a way to accelerate the development of small nuclear reactors. “Nuclear is very reliable, very resilient. It is carbon free,” he told The Associated Press in an exclusive interview Monday.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said today that the U.S. is still supplying weapons to Ukraine, but no decision has been made on new aid packages.

Israeli authorities have apprehended two individuals accused of placing surveillance equipment around the residence of Defense Minister Yisroel Katz and of moving a bag believed to contain an explosive.
The suspects, Roy Mizrahi and Almog Atias, both 24 years old and residents of the northern Israeli city of Nesher, were taken into custody over allegations that they were conducting reconnaissance operations in Kfar Ahim, the hometown of Minister Katz, as part of a broader security breach investigation.

WASHINGTON (AP) — US regulators say annual COVID-19 shots for healthy younger adults and children will no longer be routinely approved.

HATE IN THE UK: Shomrim NW London has been alerted to multiple incidents of mezuzahs being deliberately removed from outside Jewish homes in Golders Green, in what appears to be a deliberate act of antisemitism. Shomrim is actively collecting CCTV footage and working closely with police to identify and locate the suspect.

The chareidi city of Charish is in turmoil following the recent arrest and criminal indictment of Mayor Yitzchak Keshet on serious charges—sparking renewed attention to a stark warning delivered four years ago by the raavad, Rav Yehuda Silman.

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The World Health Organization’s member countries on Tuesday approved an agreement to better prevent, prepare for and respond to future pandemics in the wake of the devastation wrought by the coronavirus. Sustained applause echoed in a Geneva hall hosting the WHO’s annual assembly as the measure — debated and devised over three years — passed without opposition. The treaty guarantees that countries which share virus samples will receive tests, medicines and vaccines. Up to 20% of such products would be given to the WHO to ensure poorer countries have some access to them when the next pandemic hits.

President Donald Trump arrived on Capitol Hill early Tuesday to try to seal the deal on his big tax cuts bill, using the power of political persuasion to unify divided House Republicans on the multitrillion-dollar package that is at risk of collapsing before planned votes this week. Trump called himself a “cheerleader” for the Republican Party and praised the leadership of Speaker Mike Johnson as he headed behind closed doors to rally Republicans. He also criticized at least one of the holdout Republicans as a “grandstander” in a warning to others. “We have a very, very unified party,” Trump said in hallway remarks at the Capitol. “We’re going to have available one big beautiful bill.” The president arrived at a pivotal moment.