Shannon Bream’s new book debuts at No. 1 on the NYT bestseller list

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Fox News anchor Shannon Bream’s latest book, “Nothing is Impossible with God,” has debuted at No. 1 on the New York Times bestseller list, making it Bream’s fourth consecutive hit.

In a press release on Thursday, Fox News announced “Nothing is Impossible with God,” which released last week, reached the top of the Advice, How-To & Miscellaneous category, cementing it as the top-selling faith-based book of 2026 and outperforming all other releases in the genre so far this year.

The achievement marked another milestone for Fox News Books, the publishing imprint of Fox News Media, which has now produced 17 New York Times bestsellers and sold more than 3.6 million copies since launching in 2020.

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Shannon Bream’s “Nothing is Impossible with God” hit No. 1 on the New York Times bestseller list. (Fox News)

“Nothing is Impossible with God” is Bream’s fourth book with Fox News Books and her fourth consecutive bestseller.

Her debut title, “The Women of the Bible Speak: The Wisdom of 16 Women and Their Lessons for Today,” was released in 2021 and became a major success, selling close to one million copies and spending 15 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, including five weeks in the top spot.

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She followed that success with “The Mothers and Daughters of the Bible Speak” in 2022 and “The Love Stories of the Bible Speak” in 2023, both of which also debuted at No. 1. Together, the series has sold nearly 1.5 million copies nationwide.

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Shannon Bream hosts “FOX News Sunday.” (Paul Morigi/Getty Images)

Bream, a longtime journalist and anchor of “FOX News Sunday,” continues to build on her reputation as a leading voice in faith-based storytelling. Her newest book explores biblical accounts of unlikely figures who overcame adversity, fear and uncertainty, drawing connections to the modern-day challenges faced by readers.

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In addition to her work as an author, Bream serves as chief legal correspondent for Fox News Media and hosts Fox News Audio’s “Livin’ the Bream” podcast, where she shares inspirational stories and personal insights.

Throughout her career, Bream has conducted high-profile interviews with leaders across politics, law and business, including Vice President JD Vance, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, Supreme Court Justices Neil Gorsuch and Samuel Alito and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

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Fox News’ Shannon Bream has spoken with several high-profile political figures. (FOX NEWS )

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She has also led Fox News’ coverage of major Supreme Court developments, including the 2022 decision overturning Roe v. Wade, the confirmation hearings of Justice Amy Coney Barrett and the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.



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Denmark reportedly sent troops with explosives to Greenland amid U.S. threat

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Denmark prepared to sabotage Greenland’s airstrips using explosives and flew in blood supplies amid fears of a potential U.S. invasion earlier this year, according to a new report by Danish public broadcaster DR.

The measures were said to be part of a contingency plan that included deploying troops to the island in January with explosives for possible runway demolition, aimed at preventing U.S. aircraft from landing, EuroNews said.

The measures were outlined in a Danish military operations order dated Jan. 13, which DR said it had reviewed.

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The Greenlandic flag flies in Nuuk, Greenland, Jan. 20, 2026. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

The preparations came as tensions escalated over President Donald Trump’s statement that the U.S. should control Greenland for national security reasons.

Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen repeatedly rejected Trump’s demands to acquire the island.

DR said it based its report on 12 sources within the highest levels of the Danish government and military, as well as sources among Denmark’s allies in France and Germany, the BBC said.

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More Danish soldiers land at Nuuk airport, Greenland, Jan. 19, 2026.  (Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix/via REUTERS)

“When Trump says all the time that he wants to buy Greenland … we had to take all possible scenarios seriously,” an unnamed Danish military official told DR.

Denmark and several European allies also deployed troops to Greenland under what was a NATO exercise called Arctic Endurance.

In reality, according to the sources cited by DR, the deployment was operational.

Soldiers arrived equipped not only with standard military gear but also with the medical supplies and the explosives, the report said.  France, Germany and Sweden also took part in the January deployment.

Despite the preparations, Danish authorities sought to avoid escalation with Washington.

Trump announced a vague “framework” agreement on Greenland with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte on Jan. 21, though details remain unclear.

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President Donald Trump said from Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 21 that the U.S. is the only nation that is able to control and secure Greenland.  (Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

At the World Economic forum in Davos Trump said: “I don’t want to use force. I won’t use force. All the United States is asking for is a place called Greenland.”

On March 17, the commander of U.S. Northern Command (NORTHCOM), Gen. Gregory Guillot, said, “We are working with Denmark through the Department of State to expand some of the authorities that are in the 1951 treaty to give increased access to different bases across Greenland.”

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“As we look at the increasing threat and the strategic importance of Greenland. But everything that we’re doing through NORTHCOM is through Greenland and through Denmark,” he added at the House Armed Services hearing on U.S. military posture and national security challenges in North and South America.



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Gerry Adams at London trial to ‘assert legitimacy of the republican cause’ | UK News

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Gerry Adams has said he came to London’s High Court “to assert the legitimacy of the republican cause” and “reject the allegations” he was behind three IRA bombings.

Three men injured in those incidents accuse the former Sinn Fein president of having been a top member of the Provisional IRA at the time.

Mr Adams told the civil trial earlier this week he had “no involvement whatsoever” in the bombings and was never a member of the terrorist group.

Speaking on Thursday, he said Irish people had had “a bad experience of British courts, Irish republicans especially”.

“I came to London to reject the allegations levelled against me,” he added. “And to assert the legitimacy of the republican cause and the right of the people of Ireland to be free.

“I am also here out of respect for the claimants. I am very mindful of the many other victims of the conflict.

“They too deserve our respect. Thankfully the war has been ended.”

The three people who have brought the case are John Clark, a victim of the 1973 Old Bailey bombing; Jonathan Ganesh, a 1996 Docklands bombing victim; and Barry Laycock, a victim of the 1996 Manchester bombing.

Mr Adams, 77, was president of the Irish republican party Sinn Fein from 1983 to 2018.

His lawyer asked why the men – who are seeking a token £1 in damages – had waited so long to bring the case and argued it should be dismissed.

Barry Laycock was injured when the IRA bombed Manchester city centre. Pic: PA
Image: Barry Laycock was injured when the IRA bombed Manchester city centre. Pic: PA

Edward Craven KC said Mr Clark’s claim came with a delay “genuinely unprecedented in magnitude”.

He told the court: “We say the very brief and bald hearsay evidence you have been provided with falls a long way short of the kind of explanation that ought to be provided for a delay of this length.”

Mr Craven suggested the men were using the trial, which a judge alone will decide on, as a way of trying to have a “public-style inquiry”.

“One of the concerns we have had throughout is that the claim is being used as a vehicle for a much wider examination of Mr Adams’s alleged role and actions,” he said.

He asked the court to instead focus only on the three bombings in question.

Anne Studd KC, who is representing the men, said it would be unfair if the case were thrown out over this point.

“It is arguable and legally unobjectionable, and these claimants are entitled to pursue it,” she said.

Ms Studd said earlier in the trial that a “jigsaw” of evidence would prove Mr Adams had been a senior member.

A former British intelligence officer told the court last week he believed Mr Adams wouldn’t have been able to achieve his political wins if he hadn’t been in the IRA’s army council.

A second officer added: “Had the defendant not been the senior figure in the IRA that he was, there would have been absolutely no point in the British, Irish and United States governments dealing with him the way they did on the road to the Good Friday Agreement in 1998.”

The Provisional IRA formally ended its armed campaign for Irish unification in 2005.

Mr Adams’s trial is expected to finish on Friday.



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March Madness: Duke rallies to avoid upset to No 16 Siena in first round

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The Duke Blue Devils avoided being on the wrong side of March Madness history.

The No. 1 seed rallied late to avoid an upset by the No. 16 Siena Saints with a 71-65 victory in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. 

Only twice in tournament history has a 16th-seeded team taken down a top seed in the first round — UMBC over Virginia in 2018 and Fairleigh Dickinson over Purdue in 2023. 

Siena was in the driver’s seat to join that rare group, shocking Duke with a 43-32 lead at halftime. But it was unable to keep that lead, and the Blue Devils took over in the second half to avoid a mind-boggling finish in the first round. 

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Dame Sarr of the Duke Blue Devils reacts during the second half against the Siena Saints in the first round of the 2026 NCAA Tournament at Bon Secours Wellness Arena March 19, 2026, in Greenville, S.C. (Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)

Duke outscored Siena, 39-22, in the second half as the Saints surprisingly used just its five starters through the game’s entire 40 minutes. That strategy may have come back to hurt them in the end because players looked gassed midway through the second half. 

The effort from the Saints, though, never faltered as they continued to stave off Duke’s comeback attempt. However, with 4:25 left to play in the second half, Isaiah Evans’ layup gave Duke its first lead since early in the first half, 63-61. 

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From there, the Blue Devils did what it took on the defensive end to maintain their lead. Siena got things to a four-point deficit, but Gavin Doty’s missed 3-pointer with 28 seconds left was the dagger in a hard-fought loss. 

Doty was the team’s leading scorer with 21 points, though he went 3 of 12 from 3-point range. He also had four rebounds and two assists. 

Francis Folefac (18 points, seven rebounds and two assists) also played a huge role in Siena’s scare of Duke, and Brendan Coyle had 12 points on 4 of 9 shooting for the Saints. 

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Cameron Boozer of the Duke Blue Devils battles Riley Mulvey of the Siena Saints for the ball during the second half in the first round of the 2026 NCAA Tournament at Bon Secours Wellness Arena March 19, 2026, in Greenville, S.C. (Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)

Siena was shooting 55% when the first half came to a close, including 45% from 3-point territory. Meanwhile, Duke was reeling from distance, making only two of its 15 3-point attempts. 

While Duke couldn’t get the three-ball going in the second half, better shot selection around the rim worked in its favor. The Boozer brothers, Cam and Cayden, led the way as they have all season for the Blue Devils. The sons of Duke and NBA great Carlos Boozer set the tone, especially Cam with his 22 points to lead the Blue Devils to victory. 

Cam Boozer was also 13-for-14 from the charity stripe, hitting clutch shots at the end of the game. He finished with a double-double after hauling in a team-high 13 rebounds. 

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Justice Shoats of the Siena Saints shoots the ball against Nikolas Khamenia of the Duke Blue Devils during the second half in the first round of the 2026 NCAA Tournament at Bon Secours Wellness Arena March 19, 2026, in Greenville, S.C. (Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)

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Cayden Boozer finished with 19 points on 9 of 16 shooting, while Evans had a double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds for Duke. 

The Blue Devils will now face No. 9 TCU, which defeated No. 8 Ohio State earlier Thursday, in the second round Saturday. 

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Mexican military says 11 killed in raid targeting Sinaloa cartel leader | Crime News

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Omar Oswaldo Torres, the leader of the Los Mayos faction of the Sinaloa criminal network, was detained in raid.

Mexican authorities have revealed that 11 people were killed during a raid that resulted in the capture of Omar Oswaldo Torres, the leader of a faction of the Sinaloa Cartel.

In a social media post on Thursday, the Mexican Navy said the raid took place in Culiacan, part of the state of Sinaloa in northern Mexico.

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It alleged that its personnel were attacked at the site of the raid and returned fire, killing 11 “assailants”. Their identities have yet to be released to the public.

“High-powered weapons and tactical equipment were seized at the scene,” the navy said in a statement.

The navy added that a woman identified as Torres’s daughter was also present during the operation, but she was released to her family due to a lack of connection to criminal activities.

Torres, known by the nickname “El Patas”, is the leader of the Los Mayos faction of the Sinaloa Cartel.

In recent years, Los Mayos have been in a fight with another faction, Los Chapitos. Each side is named for a different Sinaloa Cartel leader: Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman and Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, both of whom have been arrested and imprisoned in the United States.

Thursday’s raid comes as governments across Latin America seek to deliver United States President Donald Trump tangible results in the fight against crime and drug trafficking.

Just this week, the Mexican government participated in a law enforcement operation with Ecuador and Colombia to arrest Angel Esteban Aguilar, the leader of the Los Lobos crime group.

A separate Mexican military operation in the state of Jalisco last month led to the death of Nemesio Oseguera, also known as “El Mencho”, the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel.

Criminal groups responded with a burst of violence, including the erection of road blocks and attacks on security force outposts across Mexico.

Critics have questioned the efficacy of the more militarised methods Trump has pressured Latin American leaders to use against cartel leaders.

Capturing or killing cartel leaders is sometimes referred to as a “decapitation strategy”, and the method is designed to weaken the structure of criminal networks.

But experts warn that the “decapitation strategy” risks increasing violence over the long term, as new conflicts emerge to fill the leadership vacuum.

Many also point out that such militarised approaches fail to address the root causes of crime, among them corruption and poverty.

Still, Trump has labelled groups like the Sinaloa Cartel “foreign terrorist organisations”, and he has indicated he would consider taking military action on Mexican soil against such groups, despite concerns that such actions would violate Mexican sovereignty.

Trump told a summit of Latin American leaders earlier this month that he considered Mexico to be the “epicentre” of cartel violence.

“We have to eradicate them,” Trump said of the cartels. “We have to knock the hell out of them because they’re getting worse. They’re taking over their country. The cartels are running Mexico. We can’t have that.”

Mexican officials, meanwhile, have called on the US to stem the flow of illicit weapons into Mexico, to little avail.

Last year, the Supreme Court struck down a lawsuit from the Mexican government accusing US gun manufacturers of negligence, given that their products end up arming criminal networks in the Latin American country.



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Navy monitors Russian warship and sanctioned oil tanker in the English Channel | UK News

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A Russian warship and a sanctioned oil tanker was shadowed by a Royal Navy warship and helicopter for 48 hours in the English Channel.

HMS Mersey, based in Portsmouth, and a Wildcat helicopter were scrambled to monitor the Russian Steregushchiy-class frigate RFN Soobrazitelny and tanker MV Anatoly Kolodkin.

A Royal Navy spokesman said the operation was co-ordinated with NATO, adding: “Patrol ship Mersey and the Yeovilton-based Wildcat kept close watch, utilising powerful radars and sensors to gather valuable intelligence, as the two Russian vessels sailed westward through the English Channel.

“The two Russian ships separated at the western end of the Channel, with the Royal Navy tracking Soobrazitelny back eastwards through the Channel as the Anatoly Kolodkin continued to sail into the Atlantic.”

It has not been revealed when the incident took place.

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Lieutenant Commander Dan Wardle, commanding officer of HMS Mersey, said: “This operation provides a clear example of Mersey’s readiness and operational capability in monitoring Russian vessel movements through our waters.

“Our co-ordination with allied forces further amplifies our situational awareness and response capacity, ensuring we are able to safeguard the integrity of our maritime environment.”

Fleet commander Vice Admiral Steve Moorhouse said: “In an increasingly contested and uncertain world, the work of HMS Mersey and 815 Naval Air Squadron is another example of the Royal Navy’s enduring commitment to protecting UK home waters.”

The news comes two weeks after the Royal Navy shadowed two sanctioned Russian cargo ships, and their escorting warships, in UK waters from the Mediterranean to the North Sea.

HMS Tyne, based in Portsmouth, and a Wildcat helicopter from 815 Naval Air Squadron, were tasked with monitoring Russian Navy Ropucha-class landing ship Aleksandr Otrakovsky and merchant vessel Sparta IV.

Then, 48 hours later, Tyne and a Wildcat were again scrambled to track another Russian Ropucha-class warship, Aleksandr Shabalin, and cargo vessel MV Sabetta as they sailed westward through the English Channel.



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Assembly Elections: Assam CM filed nomination from Jalukbari seat; TMC released the list of 18 star campaigners – Assembly Elections 2026 Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Puducherry Updates In Hindi

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Assam Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Himanta Biswa Sarma filed his nomination from Jalukbari assembly constituency for the upcoming assembly elections. At the same time, Assam minister and BJP candidate from Jagiroad assembly constituency Pijush Hazarika filed his nomination at the District Collector office of Morigaon.
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ICE agents’ families disown them over deportations, Vanity Fair reports

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Federal immigration agents are being told they will “answer in hell” by their own families as the political divide over border security grows increasingly personal.

Immigration agents are being vilified and disowned by relatives who spoke to Vanity Fair about their reactions. The fractures comes as the Department of Homeland Security continues its mass deportation push under the Trump administration.

“You’ll answer in hell for some of the atrocities you commit daily,” wrote one family member, Jake, in an email to his brother, an ICE agent for nearly a decade. Vanity Fair assigned pseudonyms to those interviewed.

Months earlier, he left a voicemail for his brother expressing anger over his vote for President Donald Trump and its consequences, and even deleted his contact.

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A Paraguayan woman whose relative was detained by federal agents scuffles with officers in the halls of immigration court at the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building in New York City on July 16, 2025. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

“At times, I feel like I need to be the one to rise above and put this stuff aside and maintain these relationships,” he said, adding, “But I’ll maybe have just seen something in the news that kind of triggers you again, where you’re like, I can’t separate this.”

Jake said he felt compelled to confront his ICE agent brother after the death of Alex Pretti during an altercation with federal agents in Minneapolis last January.

Animosity toward federal agents has intensified after the Trump administration deployed additional agents to the city to arrest illegal immigrants under “Operation Metro Surge.”

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An ICE Special Response Team member stands guard outside the Metropolitan Detention Center as protesters gather to denounce Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in downtown Los Angeles on June 10, 2025. (Eric Thayer/AP Photo)

Two Americans were killed during the deployment, and protests erupted nationwide. Both deaths remain under investigation, but federal authorities said agents acted within legal boundaries.

Carla, a Maryland resident, said that after her uncle became an ICE agent, her family decided he would no longer be invited to Thanksgiving that year.

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“We are very opinionated,” she said. “We stand strong on how we feel. And I would say since 2020, it’s been very well-known that we feel that we’re flipping into a decline [toward] fascism very quickly.”

In a separate example, Kim described her uncle as “friendly and outgoing,” but noted that everything has changed in the past year. He is an ICE officer, and she questioned “how somebody can make a living off of doing these horrible things to other people.”

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Federal agents arrest a protester outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Minneapolis on Jan. 9. (Mostafa Bassim/Anadolu via Getty Images)

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“Even if he claims, you know, ‘We have all of the legitimate paperwork, we have all of the evidence that these people I am deporting are seriously dangerous criminals’—it’s like there’s a disconnect,” Kim added.

In January, DHS reported that ICE agents have faced an 8,000% increase in death threats against them, and over a 1,300% increase in assaults.



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Us: US Intelligence Department’s report increases concern about global security, why Munir on target? – Us Intelligence Report Sparks Heightened Concerns Over Global Security News In Hindi

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The annual threat assessment report for the year 2026 presented in the Senate by US intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard has shaken the global security equations. According to the report, Pakistan has now become a security challenge not only for South Asia but also for America. Pakistan is developing such intercontinental ballistic missiles, which also includes America. While the common Pakistani citizen is burdened with record-breaking inflation and IMF loan, Army Chief General Asim Munir’s spending billions of dollars on missile technology is being considered suicidal.



Till now Pakistan’s nuclear argument was limited to minimal deterrence against India, but the new missile capabilities reflect Munir’s expansionist and aggressive thinking. Defense experts say that due to the strengthening of Pakistan Army, there is a possibility of internal differences increasing further. Even at the international level, Pakistan is often seen as a country where the army has more influence than the government. Democratic institutions are not completely independent.

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In the opinion of experts, if a country with weak economic and political structure expands its military power excessively, it leads to strategic imbalance and instability. Defense expert Major General GD Bakshi said that unlike the destroyer, when the jackal is about to die, he runs towards the city.

Munir has also messed up with Afghanistan that they do not have an air force, but have to accept Pakistan there. He said that Munir has also given his airbases against Iran. Sunni Baloch in Balochistan have also been given weapons for the coup in Iran. Iran has all this information. He will also take Pakistan to task.

Double game also exposed
Recent constitutional amendments have given constitutional legitimacy to the military occupation in Pakistan. The nuclear command and the military’s complete control over the government have stripped away the facade of civilian rule. The decision making process has become completely opaque and uncertain. The report has also exposed Pakistan’s double game. Pakistan is now playing a game with Islamic State Khorasan Province by giving new clothes to old groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed.

Commonwealth Fusion Systems CEO says viable reactor possible by 2030s

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Nuclear fusion originates in our sun and other stars. Immense pressure and high temperatures in the core create a reaction, ultimately preventing it from collapsing under the force of gravity.

“The fusion here on Earth has a lot of corollaries to how we understand how the stars work in things like astrophysics. They both rely on studying plasma, the fourth state of matter. They both have the same types of reactions, and we use some of what we learn in how the stars work to inform how to build better fusion machines on Earth,” Commonwealth Fusion Systems CEO Bob Mumgaard said.

The company is working to replicate the sun’s fusion energy here on earth, a quest that has been long in the making.

“When it first started out, it was as much a science experiment as fission was. The question at that time was, is this possible?” said Adam Stein, director of nuclear energy innovation at the Breakthrough Institute. “There was more scientific curiosity than optimism, this would ever become a source of power for the world.”

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Commonwealth Fusion Systems is hoping to have a viable nuclear fusion reactor by the early 2030s.  (Commonwealth Fusion Systems)

The quest for nuclear power began in the 1950s when scientists started designing machines to conduct their experiments. More than 70 years later, scientists have not been able to make fusion power viable for electricity.

“The biggest misconception is thinking that fusion is right around the corner. Or that people think, on the other hand, that it’s a total failure. And it’s neither. It’s real progress combined with real uncertainty,” Stein said.

As the demand for energy continues to rise, fusion scientists believe fusion power plants could help ease some of the strain.

“We need every electron on this system. And if and when fusion becomes commercially viable, it should also be in that equation because it’s that important,” Exelon CEO Calvin Butler said. “If you increase the supply and the demand is there, costs will go down. And I think fusion being in that equation is a good.”

To create nuclear fusion on earth, a lot of power is needed to generate plasmas which reach temperatures hotter than the sun. Scientists have spent decades developing the right environment for fusion reactions but building materials that can endure the intense heat, while keeping the plasma stable are among the many challenges.

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The National Ignition Facility’s preamplifier module increases the laser energy as it travels to the Target Chamber in an undated photograph at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory federal research facility in Livermore, California. (Damien Jemison/Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo)

“Right now, the machines consume more energy than they produce. So that’s not a power plant. You don’t want to build that as a power plant. That’s a power user. But the output of that is learning, right? And we’re getting better and better at it,” Mumgaard said. 

Critics say fusion power has been 20-30 years away for decades now but Commonwealth Fusion Systems is hoping to change that timeline, saying they could have a viable reactor by the early 2030s. 

“We’ve learned a lot about what it takes to make these machines,” Mumgaard said. “The scientific advance has happened. And we’re now at the stage where we have confidence in that science, that you know, fusion is turning more to an engineering problem.”

In 2022, the National Ignition Facility at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory demonstrated fusion could generate more energy than it used, but it was just a small amount, about enough power to keep a small LED Light Bulb on for 20 hours. Scientists also estimate it takes about 100 times more energy to run the facility than the amount used in the experiment. 

“NIF (National Ignition Facility) put in enough energy to power roughly a thousand homes and got enough out to power an LED. Because the overall system has inefficiency,” Stein said. 

Fusion and other energy sources have seen advancements in the past decade thanks to artificial intelligence.

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Commonwealth Fusion Systems is hoping to have a viable nuclear fusion reactor by the early 2030s.  (Commonwealth Fusion Systems)

“I think A.I. in and of itself is a good thing. Economic developments, growth, all good things. What we have to do is get the policy right,” Butler said. “We’ve also learned a lot from our technology partners in how to use technology to deliver energy more efficiently. Are we using grid enhancing technology to increase the capacity of the transmission system? What are we doing to serve our customers more intuitively? All of that is coming with the advent of A.I. and the technology, and we need to utilize that as energy companies.”

At Commonwealth Fusion Systems, NVIDIA software monitors and maps fusion plants in real time. Google Deepmind’s technology helps better control plasma. 

“Whether that’s to make the computer simulations run faster or to make the control systems for the plasma able to react faster, gain insights in how to build the machines. And so you see that in our company but in fusion labs around the world that A.I. is having an accelerating factor in this whole field,” Mumgaard said.  

The fusion industry has seen increased interest and funding. Companies raised $2.6 billion in private and public funding in the 12 months leading to July 2025. But that is just a fraction of the amount invested in energy already on the grid. In 2025, spending on nuclear was estimated at $70 billion. Solar was expected to reach $450 billion.  

“Fusion isn’t a near-term energy solution. It’s not science fiction either, but it’s a long-horizon, high-risk, high-reward option with unavoidable uncertainty,” Stein said. “The near-term solution is fission and other energy sources that we already know how to build. But that does not mean that we shouldn’t pursue fusion for mid to long-term energy needs.” 

Some fusion critics have speculated that the energy source could never be viable for the electric grid. Elon Musk has called the effort a “pet science project” and called for further investments in solar energy. But some energy companies, lawmakers in both parties and the Trump administration are expressing optimism. 

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Elon Musk speaks at the Viva Technology conference focused on innovation and startups at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris on June 16, 2023. (Chesnot/Getty Images)

“Definitely in the next several years, we’re gonna see at scale much more energy come out than goes in in fusion devices. It’s a little bit of time after that to make it commercial and machines and all that, but it’s coming,” Energy Secretary Chris Wright said at Semafor’s World Economy Summit in April 2025. “It’s not a maybe someday always 20 years away thing. Watch the news. Fusion energy in the next four years can be very exciting.”



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