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

Reuters: U.S. judge bars Trump administration from cutting NIH research funding

Houston Public Media: Houston-based NRG Energy announces plans for four new natural gas plants to power AI

The Washington Post: D.C. speeds up clearing homeless encampment after Trump notice

NBC News: DHS has begun performing polygraph tests on employees to find leakers

The New York Times: Hegseth orders Pentagon to stop offensive cyberoperations against Russia

Reuters: Tariff deadline set off spike in cross-border trucking rates, data shows

The Guardian: Canadians protest imports of US hazardous waste to landfill owned by Republic Services affiliate amid Trump tariff war

NPR: DOGE wants to cut $1 trillion this year. Why that would be tough

Associated Press: Utah close to fully banning fluoride in water, stripping cities’ ability to decide

Reuters: World food prices rose in February on back of sugar rush, UN’s FAO says

The Washington Post: Republicans unveil another extension to try to avert government shutdown

NPR: A look at some of the creative ways companies try to dodge high tariffs

DefenseScoop: Air Force leaders issue new warning about China-backed recruitment efforts by private companies

The New York Times: Judge blocks Trump’s funding freeze, saying White House put itself ‘above Congress’

CyberScoop: Ransomware poseurs are trying to extort businesses through physical letters

Route Fifty: Critical infrastructure leaders must ‘wake up’ and invest in cyber, report says

The New York Times: BlackRock will buy Panama Canal ports from CK Hutchison

NPR: Rural Alaskan schools are crumbling as the state fails to provide funding to fix them

The New York Times: Department of Government Efficiency deletes a claim and resurrects an error

The Washington Post: Thousand of veterans were fired from federal jobs they thought were secure

NPR: Trump rhetoric on Canada could harm tourism to the U.S.

The New York Times: In protest of Trump’s tariffs, Canadian stores restrict U.S. alcohol sales

ProPublica: The Trump Administration keeps citing an untrue stat as it targets federal workers

The Washington Post: Billion-dollar hit to D.C. revenue forecast after Trump’s federal jobs cuts

The New York Times: China retaliates against Trump, imposing tariffs and blacklisting U.S. companies

Foreign Affairs: Ukraine without America

ProPublica: NASA official warns staff about publicly displaying their badges

The New York Times: A couple on a flight boasted of illegal hunting. Wildlife officers were listening.

NPR: Trump agencies accused of letting companies off the hook

The New York Times: Republican House members told to stop holding in-person town halls

Route Fifty: New sensor detects airborne bird flu in minutes

Associated Press: US charges Chinese hackers in broad cyberespionage campaign

NBC News: Black graves are being moved to make way for an industrial park in Virginia, drawing a mix of emotions

ProPublica: Domestic violence fatalities in Illinois are still not getting reviewed

NPR: In a sudden reversal, CDC rescinds some staff firings

Associated Press: Los Angeles City Council shelves appeal filed by ousted Fire Chief Kristin Crowley

ProPublica: Valere Public Schools superintendent makes up to $870,000. His district serves 1,000 students.

NZ Herald: Battle for wool: Why actor Sam Neill is backing the natural fibre over synthetics

NPR: Sesame Workshop announces layoffs

The New York Times: As ballet rethinks its racial homogeneity, one ‘Swan Lake’ ditches tights

The New York Times: Are ultraprocessed foods addictive?

The New York Times: The violinist Christian Tetzlaff’s tactic to oppose Trump’s agenda: cancel concerts

Food and Environmental Reporting Network: The problem with ultraprocessed foods

The New York Times: A foot soldier in America’s losing war with chronic disease