Enjoy the sunshine and warm weather Great Falls.
Here’s this week’s reading list.
ProPublica: Dr. Thomas Weiner’s Montana medical license renewed despite criminal inquiry
The New York Times: U.S. economy shows signs of strain from Trump’s tariffs and spending cuts
Associated Press: Judge blocks Trump order threatening funding for institutions that offer care for transgender youth
The New York Times: Trump says EPA could cut 65 percent of staff; agency said that was referring to broader budget projections.
Associated Press: Gaza ceasefire: Outrage as Israel cuts off aid to pressure Hamas
The Washington Post: As Trump warms to Putin, U.S. halts offensive cyber operations against Moscow
The New York Times: Trump’s third-term talk faces pushback from a Democratic congressman
The Atlantic: Tax season just got more confusing
DefenseScoop: DOD leadership orders components to scrub DEI content across websites, social media
Associated Press: Former defense chiefs call for hearings on Trump’s firing of Pentagon leaders
The Washington Post: Who is Amy Gleason, named by White House as DOGE administrator?
The New York Times: ‘Why don’t you wear a suit?’: A right-wing news outlet with coveted access questions Zelensky
Reuters: World reacts to Zelenskiy-Trump Oval Office clash
The Economist: How Vladimir Putin created a housing bubble
NPR: The CFPB drops a major lawsuit against Capital One
The New York Times: The teacher in Room 1214
Route Fifty: Tech boom highlights need for regional collaboration
The New York Times: The death of competition in American elections
The Economist: Does Britain’s nuclear deterrent have a Trump-shaped problem?
Associated Press: Utah close to fully banning fluoride in water, stripping cities’ ability to decide
The Washington Post: Oklahoma lawmakers blocked new air traffic academy, despite dire shortage
NBC News: ‘We’re not prepared’: States brace for Trump’s plans to dismantle the Education Department
Route Fifty: Nation’s capitol taps data, tech to better serve homeless population
The Economist: Don’t count on monetary policy to make housing affordable
ProPublica: The Trump Administration keeps citing an untrue stat as it targets federal workers
KFF Health News: An ice rink to fight opioid crisis: Drug-free fun vs. misuse of settlement cash
CyberScoop: Army soldier linked to Snowflake attack spree allegedly tried to sell data to foreign spies
CNBC: 1 in 5 Americans are ‘doom spending’ — here’s how that can backfire
KERA News: An armed SWAT team burst in the wrong door — but this North Texas family can’t sue
NPR: Janet Mills’ ascension to leader of the Trump resistance was years in the making
The New York Times: Musk’s cabinet cameo: The elephant in the room wore black
StateScoop: Arizona’s AI election security group pushes for learning lab, more cyber defense
Route Fifty: As bird flu spreads, feds might undercut states by firing scientists, removing data
Associated Press: In a reversal, plans for U.S. natural gas power grow, complicating progress on climate
The New York Times: Trump’s plan to repeal climate policy could upend shift to electric cars
Politico: Climate grant recipient to start spending $2B as Trump’s EPA tries to claw it back
Bloomberg: U.S. housing voucher program faces funding crunch as chaos engulfs HUD
The Wall Street Journal: Chinese manufacturers speed up efforts to dodge Trump tariffs
NPR: Here’s why China may benefit from Trump’s actions with Europe
Associated Press: A Texas child who was not vaccinated has died of measles, a first for the US in a decade
ABC News: Measles cases reported in New Jersey, Kentucky amid ongoing outbreak in Texas
Foreign Affairs: The world Trump wants: American power in the new age of nationalism
Grist: How climate change affects bird flu, and thus the price of eggs
The New York Times: Organ transplant system ‘in chaos’ as waiting lists are ignored
The New York Times: Where Medicaid enrollment in the U.S. is the highest
Associated Press: Anti-DEI push ends effort to plant trees in places that need them
AL.com: $19 million in HBCU funding suspended after Trump diversity ban: ‘Not looking too good’
Associated Press: NPS withdraws Black community in Louisiana from historic landmark consideration
The New York Times: Roosevelt Hotel Shelter, symbol of NYC migrant crisis, will close
ProPublica: Domestic violence fatalities in Illinois are still not getting reviewed
Route Fifty: State and local lawmakers take a renewed look at speed enforcement cameras
Food and Environmental Reporting Network and Texas Monthly: The aftermath of the worst immigration-related disaster in U.S. history
NPR: An oil pipeline company is suing Greenpeace after protests
The New York Times: Chicago teen killed six people over nine months in 2020, prosecutors say
Associated Press: Investigator on SafeSport case gets arrested, and now a survivor is facing trauma once again
NBC News: Puerto Ricans worry about new Trump order designating English as official language
NPR: Bezos’ changes to ‘Washington Post’ lead to more cancellations
Reuters: Meta in talks for $200 billion AI data center project, The Information reports
NPR: Dating app giant Match Group is slow to weed out predators
Variety: Lester Holt leaves NBC News: Perilous climate for anchors
The New York Times: Voice of America journalists face investigations for comments about Trump
The New York Times: Dr. Oz: How his millions collide with Medicare
The New York Times: Clint Hill, who sprang to Kennedys’ side as shots were fired, dies at 93
NPR: The female authors who influenced Jane Austen
The New York Times: Beloved pink house on Massachusetts coast to be demolished
BioGraphic: The American lobster’s baby bust
The Atlantic: It’s never too late to learn an instrument
The Washington Post: Japan’s Missing Post Office: Where people send letters to the dead
