Winter’s holding on, stay warm out there. Here’s this week’s reading list.
Reuters: Global Eggs agrees to buy Hillandale Farms for $1.1 billion
Reuters: Walmart touts cheaper Easter meal for 2025 – but it’s missing the eggs
NPR: Federal judge Trump wants impeached will oversee Signal case
KFF HEalth News: Montana examines ways To ease health care workforce shortages
The New York Times: What happens to student loans if the Education Dept. closes?
L.A. Times: Communities are rebuilding after L.A. fires despite lack of soil testing
The Washington Post: Justice Department proposes merging ATF with DEA, among other major changes
Reuters: Trump cuts hit struggling food banks, risking hunger for low-income Americans
The Economist: The unpredictability of Trump’s tariffs will increase the pain
NPR: How the Education Department cuts could hurt low-income and rural schools
Associated Press: Taxpayers helped finance Kristi Noem’s extensive travel and political rise
The Washington Post: Document details federal worker layoff plans across government agencies
The Economist: Is Elon Musk remaking government or breaking it?
The Washington Post: Trump executive order targets Smithsonian, directs Vance to remove what he deems ‘improper’ ideology from museums and National Zoo
The Economist: America’s Supreme Court tackles a thorny voting-rights case
The New York Times: Trump Administration abruptly cuts billions from state health services
StateScoop: Florida tries (again) to fix ‘absolute unmitigated tire fire’ that is state IT
Reuters: Russia remands billionaire Moshkovich in custody for two months
The New York Times: Trump asks Supreme Court to let him cancel grants to teachers
KFF Health News: With few dentists and fluoride under siege, rural America risks new surge of tooth decay
NPR: As the Trump administration purges web pages, this group is rushing to save them
The New York Times: Mississippi sheriff used inmate labor for family farm
CyberScoop: Commerce limits 19 Chinese, Taiwanese companies from buying U.S. tech
USA Today: U.S. cities are canceling ShotSpotter due to cost and efficacy questions
Associated Press: Renewable energy jumps to new high, powered by China solar boom
Route Fifty: Virtual reality helps incarcerated people practice reentry to society in California
The Economist: Transatlantic fights over war budgets are nothing new
Reuters: Brazil’s JBS reports rise in quarterly profit
Reuters: US.. retailers haggle with suppliers after Trump tariffs
DefenseScoop: Space Force writing new framework to outline ‘space warfighting’ concepts, definitions
The New York Times: Trump asks Supreme Court to let him cancel grants to teachers
The Economist: America is sabotaging itself in the global battle for talent
Reuters: U.S. Army Corps to narrow list of emergency energy projects by next week
Route Fifty: Deepfakes, policing, mental health and more: Lawmakers look to further regulate AI
NPR: 5 things to know as Dr. Oz gets one step closer to leading Medicare and Medicaid
DefenseScoop: Trump nominates former congressional staffer for top Pentagon cyber policy job
Foreign Affairs: China has already remade the international system
Associated Press: A year after the Baltimore bridge collapse, a long road to recovery is ahead
The Economist: Why New Zealanders are emigrating in record numbers
National Geographic: How viruses shape our world
The Washington Post: More than $40K raised for Fairhope library after state funding paused
THe New York Times: Oxford Dictionary adds new words, including ‘gigil’ for extreme cuteness
Smithsonian Magazine: How the pub became one of Ireland’s greatest exports
NPR: Locals feel a loss as the U.S. limits Canadian access to cross-border library
L.A. Times: The bulk bins overflow with thousands of chocolates — and memories — at this Russian market
Food and Environment Reporting Network/The New Republic: Can public groceries help solve America’s food-desert problem?
The Atlantic: America is done pretending about meat
Noēma: The cult of the American lawn
