Sunday Reads: June 22

Stay dry out there Great Falls. Here’s this week’s reading list.

NPR: Israeli and U.S. intelligence differ on status of Iran’s nuclear program. Who’s right?

Associated Press: Russia’s economy minister says the country is on ‘the brink of recession’

NPR: If a U.S. ‘bunker buster’ hits a nuclear site, what might get released into the air?

Associated Press: Alarm grows after the US inserts itself into Israel’s war against Iran

The Economist: MAGA devotees are split over going to war with Iran

The New York Times: Why a vaccine expert left the C.D.C.: ‘Americans are going to die’

NPR: The VA cut veterans mortgage fix. Republicans have questions

PBS: As some lawmakers cash in on Trump’s tariffs, others try to ban betting on Wall Street

Bloomberg: ‘Abolishing FEMA’ memo outlines ways for Trump to scrap agency

The New York Times: Trump Administration will end Trevor Project’s work with national suicide hotline

NPR: Reducing the shortage of air traffic controllers, at school

The New York Times: Karen Read acquittal exposes flaws in police practices, supporters and critics say

Associated Press: Michael Proctor and jurors speak about Karen Read police murder trial after not guilty verdict

PBS: Texas lawmakers try to close loopholes in consent laws

The Economist: The attacks in Minnesota reflect a worrying trend

NPR: Some families along U.S. border cross into Mexico to save money on grocery shopping

NBC News: Judge blocks Trump plan to tie states’ transportation funds to immigration enforcement

The New York Times: Our bridges are old, our grid is on the fritz, and soon America will be obsolete

Associated Press: Judge says Trump administration can’t cut public health funding for Houston, Nashville, other cities

NPR: U.S. overdose deaths rise after hopeful decline

The Washington Post: How 280,000 eggs were stolen in America’s scramble over prices and profits

CyberScoop: Unusually patient suspected Russian hackers pose as State Department in ‘sophisticated’ attacks on researchers

Route Fifty: Environmentalists say they’re cautious to adopt AI into their work

Associated Press: Jury finds MyPillow founder defamed former employee for a leading voting equipment company

The New York Times: They followed a truck for 300 miles. Then they stole $100 million in jewelry.

Associated Press: Texas governor signs bill requiring Ten Commandments to be displayed in classrooms

The New York Times: Nina Kuscsik, first woman to win Boston Marathon, dies at 86

The Atlantic: Get your kid a landline

NPR: How inflation is impacting restaurants across the U.S.

The New York Times: The fast-food gimmick that became an unlikely muse for chefs

Food and Environmental Reporting Network and KQED: Home on the Grange

Literary Hub: Decline and fall of the spinach kings

The Atlantic: MAHA has a pizza problem

The Guardian: How Pakistan learned to love sushi