This week’s reading list. Stay cool out there Great Falls.

Flathead Beacon:NorthWestern Energy, Montana utility board dial back electricity rate hike

Associated Press: Texas inspectors approved Camp Mystic’s disaster plan 2 days before deadly flood, records show

Associated Press: Debate erupts over role Trump cuts played in response to deadly Texas floods

The New York Times: FEMA didn’t answer thousands of calls from flood survivors, documents show

Associated Press: Dozens of Camp Mystic buildings were removed from a 100-year flood map in recent years, records show

KUT News: Here’s what career meteorologists think of staffing issues

StateScoop: As other states rally to aid Texas flood recovery efforts, officials demand answers

The Washington Post: He seeded clouds over Texas. Then came the conspiracy theories.

Associated Press: Judge orders Trump administration to halt indiscriminate immigration stops, arrests in California

The Economist: ICE’s big payday makes mass deportation possible

DefenseScoop: Hegseth directive on ‘unleashing U.S. military drone dominance’ includes deadlines for major overhauls

The New York Times: Watch what 16 mayors say about running a U.S. city under Trump

The Washington Post: Fact-checking Trump and Democratic claims about the tax and spending bill

Associated Press: Trump announces 30 percent tariffs against EU, Mexico to begin August 1

Indianapolis Star: Purdue, IU abandon student newspapers, diminishing campus voices

NPR: Supreme Court says Trump’s government overhaul can go forward for now

The Economist: America cannot dodge the consequences of rising tariffs for ever

Reuters: America’s largest power grid is struggling to meet demand from AI

Denver Post: Colorado school districts weigh job cuts as Trump withholds $70M

Route Fifty: State DOGEs tackle local spending, property taxes

Associated Press: U.S. measles cases surpass 2019 count, while Missouri is latest state with an outbreak

The Washington Post: U.S. measles cases climb to 33-year high

AL.com: This Alabama county cut school truancy in half after reinstating one program

KFF Health News: Insurers fight state laws restricting surprise ambulance bills

L.A. Times: Federal contractors improperly dumped wildfire waste at L.A. landfills.

Associated Press: Trump’s travel restrictions squeeze hospitals that rely on international medical residents

CBS News: Trump’s 50 percent copper tariff could raise the cost of appliances, EVs and other goods, experts warn

Reuters: Japan vows to seek U.S. auto tariff concessions in trade talks

The New York Times: 7 rounds of talks and no deal: Japan girds for new era of U.S. relations

Associated Press: New Hampshire judge to pause Trump’s birthright citizenship order

ProPublica: FDA cuts will limit scrutiny of troubled foreign drug factories, inspectors say

StateScoop: Democrats demand CISA explain how it’s supporting election offices

The Washington Post: Unhappy with Putin, Trump and Congress move closer to Ukraine

Reuters: Private delivery firms eye bigger market share as strikes plague Canada Post

NPR: What kind of support does the government offer to help people in flood-prone areas?

Route Fifty: California’s fire protection agency made an AI chatbot. Don’t ask it about evacuation orders

CyberScoop: Trump bill will have major impact on health care cybersecurity, experts warn Congress

The Washington Post:  Trump’s crackdown on renewable energy has just begun

Reuters: U.S. farm secretary says ‘no amnesty’ for farmworkers from deportation

Associated Press: OPEC+ to boost oil production by 548,000 barrels per day in August

The New York Times: RFK Jr.’s battle against food dyes hits a roadblock: M&M’s

Minnesota Public Radio: Inflation, Ozempic drive Minnesota school district health costs higher

Reuters: U.S. health department widens immigrant benefit restrictions

Foreign Affairs: How Russia could exploit a vacuum in Europe

Route Fifty: After last Chesapeake Bay cleanup plan fell short, new proposal aims to be flexible, data-driven

DefenseScoop: What Trump’s order on ‘unleashing American drone dominance’ means for the U.S. military

Foreign Affairs: Might unmakes right

The Economist: Scrap the asylum system—and build something better

Bloomberg: Restaurants, bars consider turning off music as licensing fees skyrocket

NPR: Waffle House drops egg surcharge as prices fall back to Earth

The Atlantic: New York hs hungry for a big grocery experiment

The New Yorker: What happens after A.I. destroys college writing?

Food and Environment Reporting Network/Bloomberg Businessweek: How climate change drives the theft of Greece’s olive oil

NPR: Knives, bullets, and thieves: The quest for food in Gaza