US sailors conduct routine maintenance on a jet blast deflector on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz on July 9, 2025. (US Navy)
The Burning Plasma Experimental Superconducting Tokamak (BEST) facility, which will house a compact fusion experiment device, undergoes its first exterior lighting test on September 9, 2026, in Hefei, China. (Getty Images)
United States Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy participate in a joint press conference after talks on September 6, 2026, in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Getty Images)
Engineers work outside the National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California, on September 25, 2009. (Getty Images)
Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomes US Special Envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner before their talks in Moscow on September 5, 2026. (Getty Images)
James Hughes of Louisville, Ky. holds a sign calling for the repeal of the Affordable Care Act during a rally for Mitch McConnell (R-KY) at Brandeis Machinery & Supply Company in Louisville, Kentucky, October 31, 2014. (Luke Sharrett/Getty Images)
National Security Adviser Michael Flynn (2ndL) attends a joint news conference with U.S. President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the East Room of the White House February 13, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
President Donald Trump signs one of five executive orders related to the oil pipeline industry in the Oval Office of the White House January 24, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Shawn Thew-Pool/Getty Images)