Happy weekend Great Falls. Here’s this week’s reading list.
The Economist: What Vladimir Putin wants—and how Europe should thwart him
The Economist: A glimpse inside Putin’s secret arms empire
Reuters: US, Europeans finalising 30-day Ukraine-Russia ceasefire proposal, says diplomatic source
The New York Times: Trump officials consider suspending habeas corpus for detained migrants
Fredericksburg Free Press: Spotsylvania man charged with murder in shooting death of teen
NPR: Duffy unveils a modernization plan for air traffic control system
Reuters: U.S. wants to spend billions to revamp aging air-traffic control system
NPR: States win injunction in Institute of Museum and Library Services lawsuit
Associated Press: India accuses Pakistan of breaching ceasefire along their border after reaching deal hours earlier
The New York Times: DOGE’s zombie contracts: They were killed but have come back to life
Colorado Public Radio: Trump directs Department of Justice to try to free Tina Peters from prison in social media post
Scientific American: The EPA plans to terminate the Energy Star program. Here’s what that means
Associated Press: New salmonella outbreak is linked to backyard poultry, CDC says
NPR: Trump seeks to end federal funding for NPR and PBS
Associated Press: 3 former Memphis officers acquitted in fatal beating of Tyre Nichols
The Washington Post: What we know about Pope Leo XIV’s political and social views
NPR: A firing squad tried to shoot a prisoner’s heart. Everyone missed.
Associated Press: Trump says he’ll reopen Alcatraz, but doing so would be difficult and costly
The Washington Post: Even with DOGE cuts, the U.S. has spent $166 billion more than last year
The Wall Street Journal: Fed warns of rising economic risks as it leaves rates steady
Reuters: Trump administration health research cuts total $1.8 billion, analysis finds
Associated Press: U.S. infant mortality dropped in 2024. experts partly credit RSV shots
ProPublica: Trump’s NIH axed research grants despite court order
KFF Health News: In reversal, FDA rehires staff tasked with releasing public records
Associated Press: Pentagon directs military to pull library books that address DEI issues
Route Fifty: Data centers defend environmental record amid AI push
DefenseScoop: Post-Signalgate, Pentagon CIO prioritizes secure platforms for sensitive instant messaging
Associated Press: New Jersey mayor arrested at ICE detention center where he was protesting, prosecutor says
The Washington Post: About 60 White South Africans expected to arrive at Dulles Airport next week as refugees under Trump executive order
ProPublica/The Salt Lake Tribune: Utah farmers signed up for federally funded therapy. Then the money ran out.
KFF Health News: Trump team faces key legal decision that could put mental health parity in peril
The New York Times: Elizabeth Holmes’s partner has a new blood-testing start-up
StateScoop: At least half of BEAD locations no longer eligible for funding, report claims
Axios: MAGA is quiet as Trump, Vance criticize Putin
Foreign Affairs: Why peace talks fail in Ukraine
The New York Times: Recession warnings are everywhere, except in the data
Associated Press: Trump floats cutting China tariffs to 80 percent ahead of meeting as he looks to deescalate trade war
Reuters: India offers to slash tariff gap by two-thirds in dash to seal trade pact with Trump
ABC News: FedEx board member Steiner is picked to be next USPS postmaster general
Associated Press: Federal investigators say a utility wasn’t marked before a deadly natural gas explosion in Missouri
The Washington Post Style: A Trump-hosted fundraiser, ‘Les Mis’ cast boycotts, more Kennedy Center layoffs
Associated Press: Utah and Idaho capitals adopt new pride flags to sidestep bans
The War Horse: Vietnam-era veterans clean up bombs left from war in Laos
Grist: Why are all of America’s biggest cities sinking?
Route Fifty: Minneapolis automates food permitting, removes ‘two-feet high’ paper stack
Investigate Midwest: Underage workers, millions of dollars, and trucks full of dead birds
KFF Health News: Alabama can’t prosecute groups helping patients get abortions elsewhere, judge rules
Yale Environment 360: In Mexico’s ‘avocado belt,’ villagers stand up to protect their land
The New Yorker: High-school band contests turn marching into a sport—and an art
