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The formerWashington Commandersoffensive coordinator is joining theLos Angeles Rams' coaching staff, according to multiple reports Friday.

Kingsbury is a close friend of McVay's, with the Arizona Cardinals famously having referenced their relationship upon hiring the former as head coach in 2019. Now, the two will work together in 2026.

It was not immediately clear in what capacity Kingsbury would serve on the offensive staff. TheRamshave an opening at offensive coordinator afterMike LaFleur was hired as the Cardinals' head coach. Passing game coordinator Nathan Scheelhaase, however, was expected to be the leading candidate for the role, with McVay continuing to retain play-calling responsibilities.

Kingsbury parted ways with theCommandersin January after two seasons, with reports indicating lingering ideological differences with general manager Adam Peters on the direction of the offense.

Super Bowl VII (Dolphins 14, Washington 7): Miami Dolphins defensive tackle Manny Fernandez (75) tackles Washington running back Larry Brown (43) in Super Bowl VII at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The Dolphins completed a 17-0 undefeated season with the win.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Super Bowl XVI (49ers 26, Bengals 21): San Francisco 49ers defensive back Ronnie Lott (42) celebrates a goal line stand against the Cincinnati Bengals during Super Bowl XVI at the Silverdome.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Super Bowl XVII (Washington 27, Dolphins 17): Washington running back John Riggins (44) breaks loose from Miami Dolphins defensive back Don McNeal (28) on a 43-yard touchdown run during Super Bowl XVII at the Rose Bowl.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Super Bowl XVIII (Raiders 38, Washington 9): Los Angeles Raiders running back Marcus Allen (32) carries the ball against Washington safety Mark Murphy (29) during Super Bowl XVIII at Tampa Stadium.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Super Bowl XXII (Washington 42, Broncos 10): Washington quarterback Doug Williams (17) looks to throw against the Denver Broncos during Super Bowl XXII at Jack Murphy Stadium.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Super Bowl XXIV (49ers 55, Broncos 10) : San Francisco 49ers running back Roger Craig (33) celebrates with teammates against the Denver Broncos at the Superdome. The 55 points scored by the 49ers remains a Super Bowl record.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Super Bowl XXVI (Washington 37, Bills 24): Washington cornerback Alvoid Mays (20) hits Buffalo Bills quarterback Jim Kelly (12), causing him to fumble during Super Bowl XXVI at the Metrodome.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Super Bowl XL (Steelers 21, Seahawks 10): Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward jumps in the air and scores after catching a 43-yard touchdown pass from fellow wideout Antwaan Randle El.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Super Bowl 51 (Patriots 34, Falcons 28 - OT): New England Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman hauls in a catch off a deflected pass that would help New England mount the largest comeback in Super Bowl history. The game also featured the first ever overtime in a Super Bowl.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Super Bowl 53 (Patriots 13, Rams 3): Patriots cornerback Stephon Gilmore makes a pivotal interception in the fourth quarter at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. With the win, the Patriots tied the Steelers for most Super Bowl victories (six).

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Super Bowl 55 (Buccaneers 31, Chiefs 9): Buccaneers tight end Rob Gronkowski spikes the football after catching a touchdown pass during the second quarter at Raymond James Stadium.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Super Bowl 56 (Rams 23, Bengals 20): Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Cooper Kupp catches the game-winning touchdown pass as Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Eli Apple defends at SoFi Stadium.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Super Bowl 57 (Chiefs 38, Eagles 35): The Chiefs' Kadarius Toney (19) is tackled by the Philadelphia Eagles' Nakobe Dean (17) and Arryn Siposs (8) after a Super Bowl-record 65-yard punt return at State Farm Stadium.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Super Bowl 58 (Chiefs 25, 49ers 22, OT): Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Mecole Hardman Jr. (12) celebrates with quarterback Patrick Mahomes (15) after the game-winning touchdown in overtime against the San Francisco 49ers.

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In 2024, Kingsbury helped quarterback Jayden Daniels becomethe nearly unanimous NFL Offensive Rookie of the Yearfor a team that made a surprise run to the NFC championship game. With Daniels and several other key figures suffering injuries last season, however, Washington stumbled to a 5-12 record.

In Los Angeles, Kingsbury joins an offense that led the NFL in total yards and scoring. Afterwinning NFL MVPon Thursday,quarterback Matthew Stafford announced he would return for next season.

Kingsbury also interviewed with the Baltimore Ravens and Tennessee Titans for both their head-coaching vacancies as well their offensive coordinator openings.

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:Kliff Kingsbury joining Los Angeles Rams' coaching staff

The United States on Friday accused China of carrying out a secret nuclear test in 2020 as the Trump administration calls for a broader nuclear weapons agreement including both China and Russia.

The allegation comes a day after thelast remaining nuclear arms control treatybetween the US and Russia lapsed, leaving the world's largest nuclear superpowers without limits on their arsenals for the first time in decades.

President Donald Trump and other top officials in his administration have made clear they will no longer abide by the limitations of the New START Treaty and instead have argued they need a new deal to address threats from Moscow and Beijing. And Trump last year called for the resumption of US nuclear weapons tests.

"Today, I can reveal that the U.S. Government is aware that China has conducted nuclear explosive tests, including preparing for tests with designated yields in the hundreds of tons," Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Thomas DiNanno said in remarks at a global Disarmament Conference in Vienna Friday.

"China conducted one such yield producing nuclear test on June 22 of 2020," he said, without providing further details. A former senior US official told CNN that information about China's 2020 test had been declassified.

DiNanno accused the Chinese military of seeking "to conceal testing by obfuscating the nuclear explosions because it recognized these tests violate test ban commitments."

"China has used decoupling – a method to decrease the effectiveness of seismic monitoring – to hide their activities from the world," he said. According to experts, decoupling happens when a large cavern is dug to lessen the seismic activity from a nuclear explosion, making it harder to detect.

A top official from an organization that works to monitor for nuclear weapons tests worldwide said in a statement Friday that their system "did not detect any event consistent with the characteristics of a nuclear weapon test explosion" on June 22, 2020.

"Subsequent, more detailed analyses have not altered that determination," said Rob Floyd, the executive secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO).

Floyd said the organization's International Monitoring System (IMS) "is capable of detecting nuclear test explosions with a yield equivalent to or greater than approximately 500 tonnes of TNT." He noted it had detected "all six tests conducted and declared by" North Korea.

The alleged Chinese test had a yield "in the hundreds of tons," DiNanno said without providing a specific number, so it's unclear if it would have met the threshold to be be detected the monitoring system.

"If this was a very, very low yield test explosion…it is possible that it could be hidden from the CBTBO monitoring stations," explained Daryl Kimball, the Executive Director of the Arms Control Association.

Floyd noted that there are mechanisms "which could address smaller explosions" provided by the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). That treaty prohibits "any nuclear weapon test explosion or any other nuclear explosion." However, those mechanisms can only be used when the treaty enters into force.

Most of the world has signed onto and ratified the treaty. Although both the US and China signed, they have not ratified it and Russia withdrew its ratification in 2023. As such, the Treaty cannot enter into force.

The US and China in the past had said they adhere to a moratorium on nuclear testing, but last year, Trump called for US nuclear weapons testing to resume "on an equal basis."

In his remarks on Friday, DiNanno suggested that the alleged Chinese testing had motivated Trump's decree. He also said that "the annual US compliance report has previously assessed that Russia has failed to maintain its testing moratorium by conducting supercritical nuclear weapons tests."

Asked about the allegation of secret nuclear testing, the spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in Washington, DC, said China "follows a policy of 'no first use' of nuclear weapons and a nuclear strategy that focuses on self-defense, and adheres to its nuclear testing moratorium."

"We stand ready to work with all parties to jointly uphold the authority of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty and safeguard the international nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation regime," said Liu Pengyu.

"It's hoped that the US will earnestly abide by its obligations under the Treaty and its commitment to a moratorium on nuclear testing and take concrete actions to uphold the international nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation regime, as well as global strategic balance and stability," he told CNN.

'The end of an era'

In his remarks Friday, DiNanno said that "February 5, 2026, indeed marks the end of an era: the end of US unilateral restraint," referencing the end of the New START Treaty. Although he did not explicitly say the US would upload additional nuclear weapons now that it was no longer bound by the agreement, he indicated it was likely.

"We will complete our ongoing nuclear modernization programs that were initiated while New START entered into force. The United States also retains non-deployed nuclear capacity that can be used to address the emerging security environment, if directed by the president," he said.

The US "will maintain a robust, credible, and modernized nuclear deterrent to ensure our security preserves peace and stability, and negotiate from a position of strength," he added.

"The next era of arms control can and should continue with clear focus, but it will require the participation of more than just Russia at the negotiating table," DiNanno said.

It is unclear how the US intends to get China to that negotiating table. Beijing has consistently rebuffed trilateral arms control negotiations, arguing that their stockpiles are not on par with Moscow and Washington.

Matthew Kroenig, vice president and senior director of the Atlantic Council's Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, noted that if this is truly China's concern, "shouldn't they want arms control?"

"If they can get us to limit our weapons, that should be better for them," he argued. He said he believes Beijing doesn't want to negotiate because "they want a superpower nuclear force."

"They've invested a lot in building this force. They didn't spend all this money and bend all this metal to trade it away," he said.

Some US officials believe that the expiration of New START paves the way for the expansion of the US arsenal which could prompt enough Chinese concern to bring the expanding nuclear power the table, according to a US official.

Daryl Kimball, the Executive Director of the Arms Control Association, noted that "if there is any true violation of the test ban treaty, that's a big problem, but simply complaining about it doesn't solve the problem."

He called on the US to propose a "sensible approach" like bilateral talks over arms control.

"In the meantime, there is no reason why the United States and Russia should not and cannot continue to respect the central limits of New START," he said.

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