Happy weekend Great Falls, here’s this week’s reading list.

Associated Press: Supreme Court rejects Republican-backed Montana case based on controversial election law theory

KFF Health News: The growing inequality in life expectancy among Americans

The Economist: How will Donald Trump handle the war in Ukraine?

KFF Health News: A program to close insurance gaps for Native Americans has gone largely unused

NPR: Trump administration strips schools, churches of immigration enforcement protections

The New York Times: A judge halted Trump’s plan to end birthright citizenship

The Washington Post: Trump defends late-night purge that ousted at least 15 independent inspectors general

Pew: Competing forces complicate state education funding

Axios: Report: Analysis of 40 cities shows violent crime dropped in 2024

DefenseScoop: DOD eyes tactical drones to accompany troops Trump is surging to the border

The Economist: America has an imperial presidency

The Washington Post: Trump wants Jordan and Egypt to accept more refugees and floats plan to ‘just clean out’ Gaza

The Atlantic: How worried should you be about bird flu?

The New York Times: Nonprofit groups sue Trump’s DOGE moments after oath

StateScoop: Broadband expansion in limbo after Trump order pausing infrastructure funds

Food and Environmental Reporting Network and Politico: Why Trump’s deportation plan could actually increase migrant labor

The Washington Post: Immigration raids are alarming communities, but ICE has arrested fewer people this week than when Trump took office in 2017

The Washington Post: Four female hostages are back in Israel and reunited with their families, while 200 Palestinian prisoners have been released, Israel says

Route Fifty: Feds offer new data, research to refresh states’ water woes

The New York Times: $850,000 homes in New Mexico, Virginia and Montana

Associated Press: DOJ curtails prosecutions for blocking reproductive health care facilities

DefenseScoop: Trump chooses spy agency official for Air Force secretary

The Washington Post: Trump moves to close down Pentagon office focused on the prevention of civilian deaths resulting from U.S. military activity

The New York Times: Sacklers up their offer to settle Purdue opioids cases, with a new condition

Stateline: Social media experts are skeptical about the power of new state laws

Route Fifty: How a new database in New Mexico aims to de-escalate police encounters

New Jersey Monitor: Statewide tracking of rape kits now required by law in New Jersey

The Washington Post: Justice Department freezes all civil rights cases, including police investigations

The New Yorker: The attention crisis is just a distraction

Fast Company: ‘Teflon Joe’s’: Why your favorite grocery store isn’t what you think

The New York Times: Fire chief is fatally shot after stopping to help driver who struck deer

Associated Press: Trained dogs working inside hospitals help ease burnout among health care staff

The New Yorker: What an insomniac knows

Eater: The threat of deportation is already hitting restaurant workers

The New Yorker: Should you question everything?