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The Final U.S.-Russia Nuclear Weapons Pact Expires

WSJ What’s News

The Wall Street Journal

News, Daily News

4.14.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2026

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

A.M. Edition for Feb. 5. The expiration of New START marks an end to the arms control that helped bring an end to the Cold War. WSJ national security correspondent Michael Gordon explains how we got here and what it means for Moscow and Washington. Plus, a Democratic push to curb ICE’s powers and fund DHS meets stiff Republican opposition in Congress. And WSJ’s David Uberti breaks down why Washington’s best efforts are failing to stop the decline of American manufacturing. Luke Vargas hosts. Sign up for the WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The end of an era as the U.S. and Russia's final nuclear weapons pact expires. Plus, a democratic push to curb

0:40.0

ISIS's powers and fund DHS meets stiff Republican opposition in Congress and why Washington's

0:46.6

best efforts are failing to stop the decline of American manufacturing. Something like 200,000

0:52.0

manufacturing jobs have disappeared across the country since 2023.

0:56.3

And since President Trump unveiled his so-called Liberation Day tariffs last April, there have been eight straight months of job declines in the manufacturing sector.

1:06.4

It's Thursday, February 5th.

1:08.2

I'm Luke Vargas for the Wall Street Journal.

1:10.2

And here is the AM edition

1:11.5

of What's News, the top headlines and business stories moving your world today.

1:18.5

The last treaty controlling nuclear weapons between the U.S. and Russia has expired, raising

1:24.5

fears of a new arms race. This is a very significant milestone.

1:29.2

Since the early 1970s, there has been one sort of strategic arms treaty or another, which has

1:36.6

constrained the Russian and American long-range nuclear arsenals.

1:41.4

That's Journal National Security correspondent Michael Gordon.

1:45.3

He says that the new Strategic Arms Reduction, or new start, ended overnight because the Trump administration

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