Enjoy the rain Great Falls. Here’s this week’s reading list.

Montana Public Radio: Montana’s public broadcasters brace for shortfalls after federal funding cuts

The Washington Post: Trump pushes forcible hospitalization of homeless people with order

Associated Press: FEMA acting chief defends response to Texas floods

Texas Monthly: My family and the flood: A firsthand account

NPR: EPA moves to undo ‘endangerment finding’ that underpins methane, climate rules

Reuters: Netanyahu, Trump appear to abandon Gaza ceasefire hopes

NPR: Military bases in New Jersey, Indiana to be expanded to detain immigrants

Food and Environment Reporting Network/The Washington Post: How mushrooms can prevent megafires

The Washington Post: Hegseth Signal messages came from email classified ‘SECRET,’ watchdog told

Route Fifty: Local election officials worry about federal cuts to security, survey shows

Route Fifty: Michigan becomes latest target of Justice Department inquiry on voter roll maintenance

KFF Health News: Trump voters wanted relief from medical bills. for millions, the bills are about to get bigger.

The New York Times: As consumers lose their appetite, food brands fight to keep Wall St. happy

NPR: Supreme Court allows Trump to fire 3 Democrats on consumer safety panel

Associated Press: Pentagon orders Marines to leave Los Angeles after controversial deployment

The Washington Post: Israel allows airdrops of food into Gaza amid international pressure over mounting starvation

Route Fifty: Trump’s AI Action Plan targets states with ‘burdensome’ regulations

NPR: Why more residents are saying ‘No’ to AI data centers in their backyard

Food and Environment Reporting Network/Smithsonian: Has the American truffle finally broken through?

The Washington Post: House largely grinds to a halt over demands to release Epstein files

Associated Press: San Francisco to ban homeless people from living in RVs

Gothamist: NYC cyclists see tenfold increase in criminal summonses under NYPD push

Route Fifty: States pass privacy laws to protect brain data collected by devices

NPR: How U.S. tariffs triggered a jobs crisis in Lesotho, Africa’s denim hub

The Washington Post: Hegseth team told to stop polygraph tests after complaint to White House

The Economist: The economics of superintelligence

StateScoop: New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signs law creating digital ID program

Route Fifty: ‘Uncertainty’ swirls around federal funding cuts’ state and local impact