Sunday Reads: Feb. 2
Stay warm this week Great Falls.
Here’s this week’s reading list.
The Washington Post: Trump imposes 25 percent tariffs for Mexico and Canada and raises tariffs on China by 10 percent
Associated Press: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada will place 25 percent tariffs on $155 billion in U.S. imports
Associated Press: Mexico president orders retaliatory tariffs on the U.S.
The Washington Post: Walter Reed flooding, steam failure threatens patient care
NPR: Federal health agencies remove data from websites
The New York Times: Which federal programs are under scrutiny? The budget office named 2,600 of them.
NPR: FAA restricts helicopter flights near DCA airport after crash
Associated Press: US military strikes Islamic State operatives in Somalia
The Washington Post: Elon Musk’s allies now have access to a sensitive Treasury Department payment system that controls $6 trillion per year
Reuters: Musk aides lock Office of Personnel Management workers out of computer systems
Reuters: Environmental workers race to clear toxic debris left by LA fires
The New York Times: What kind of Los Angeles will rise from the fires?
NPR: Chicken tax: How a dispute over frozen chicken parts changed the U.S. auto industry
Reuters: Trump says Canada, Mexico tariffs on Saturday may not include oil
The Washington Post: Venezuela releases 6 American detainees after Trump special envoy meets with Maduro
The Economist: Milei, Modi, Trump: an anti-red-tape revolution is under way
NBC News: Education Dept. to investigate installation of all-gender restroom at Colorado high school
StateScoop: As feds resign, state and local governments turn to talent matching program
The New York Times: What mass deportations would do to New York City’s economy
The Economist: How covid contributed to a crisis of trust in America
Reuters: Major tuberculosis outbreak hits Kansas City area
The New York Times: F.D.A. approves drug to treat pain without opioid effects
KFF Health News: Trump Administration’s halt of CDC’s weekly scientific report stalls bird flu studies
The Washington Post: N.Y. doctor charged after prescribing abortion pills to Louisiana girl
The Economist: An alternative theory to explain America’s murder spike in 2020
Associated Press: A food bank netted a huge haul of 13,000 fresh salmon. The catch? The fish were still alive
Route Fifty: Iowa floats first state-level ‘department of government efficiency’
KFF Health News: Trump’s funding ‘pause’ throws states, health industry into chaos
Route Fifty: Social media experts are skeptical about the power of new state laws
The New York Times: How my trip to quit sugar became a journey into hell
The Economist: The Michelin Guide is no longer the only tastemaker in town
The New York Times: Three are arrested in theft of gold helmet from Dutch museum
NPR: Kansas City Ballet makes Super Bowl dance-off with Philadelphia Ballet
The New York Times: An NHL team quickly moved to Utah. Renaming it is taking longer.
NPR: What it’s really like to buy a house for 1 euro in Italy
The New Yorker: The hidden histories lost in the Los Angeles fires
The New York Times: Invasive crabs have taken over New England. One solution? Eat them.




