Sunday Reads: Feb. 23
Enjoy the warmer weather Great Falls, here’s this week’s reading list.
Associated Press: Pope Francis is in critical condition, Vatican says
Associated Press: As egg prices soar, Trump administration plans new strategy to fight bird flu
Wired: No, 150-year-olds aren’t collecting Social Security benefits
The Washington Post: Trump ousts Joint Chiefs chairman, other leaders in major Pentagon shake-up
The Economist: How Europe must respond as Trump and Putin smash the post-war order
Associated Press: Trump officials want to ban junk food from SNAP. Past efforts show it’s not easy to do
The Washington Post: Federal workers must answer email asking what they did last week — or lose their jobs, Musk says
The New York Times: Trump reverses cuts to 9/11 health program after criticism
Axios: USDA fires, then moves to rehire staff working on bird flu response
NPR: How Trump’s tariffs on steel and aluminum could hit you at the grocery store
The Washington Post: Trump expected to take control of U.S. Postal Service, fire postal board
Reuters: Trump adds lumber to list of goods facing tariffs over ‘next month or sooner’
The Washington Post: Trump says feds should ‘take over’ D.C. governance
Rolling Stone: Kristi Noem says $200 million ad campaign thanking Trump was his idea
DefenseScoop: DOD to review all consulting contracts as it looks to cut those that aren’t ‘essential’ to Trump’s priorities
RouteFifty: Experts call for continued federal aid to state, local telemedicine services
NPR: Who is in charge of DOGE? Legally not Elon Musk
The Economist: How AI will divide the best from the rest
Associated Press: Small Alabama city’s police force put on leave after grand jury finds ‘rampant’ corruption
The New York Times: So, you want to get rid of the penny. Do you have a plan for the nickel?
Reuters: U.S. appeals court blocks Biden-era student debt relief plan
StateScoop: Federal cuts to election security concern secretaries of state
The New York Times: Utah bans collective bargaining for public workers
NPR: Trump’s efforts with DOGE cuts test Watergate-era reforms
Foreign Affairs: The fatal flaw of the new Middle East
Reuters: Even before Trump, Black-led businesses say DEI initiatives fell flat
Associated Press: Israel delays release of Palestinian prisoners, citing ‘degrading’ handovers of hostages
Reuters: Target sued by Florida for defrauding shareholders about DEI
NPR: It’s like ‘dead birds flying’: How bird flu is spreading in the wild
The New York Times: Anne Marie Hochhalter, paralyzed in Columbine shooting, dies at 43
Texas Public Radio: New report finds San Antonio schools improved their grad rates, college/career programs
The New York Times: S.S. United States, historic 20th century ocean liner, sets out for final voyage
The Washington Post: Va. lawmakers reject gift of last presidential Founding Father home in private hands
The New York Times: Brazil charges Bolsonaro with attempting a coup
L.A. Times: L.A. fires destroyed their kitchens, but not their cook’s spirit
NPR: An ancient Roman basilica has been discovered below London’s financial district
WGBH: George Washington’s personal library took a winding path before landing in Boston
PBS: How Barnes and Noble made a comeback by revitalizing its philosophy
The New York Times: A New York restaurant, a Texas farm, and their plant-based brawl
Bloomberg: Syria’s legendary cuisine will play a key role in its restoration
The New Yorker: Texas’s barbecue schism
The Atlantic: When Robert Frost was bad
