Here’s this week’s reading list. Enjoy the sunshine.

NPR: $2,800 a month for ACA health insurance? Huge spikes are coming

Reuters: Judge orders halt to new construction at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detention center

NPR: Walmart says tariff costs are rising ‘each week’

Associated Press: CDC employees getting final termination notices, union says

NPR: Are ‘COVID kindergartners’ ready for school?

The Washington Post: Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth authorizes National Guard to carry weapons in D.C. deployment

Route Fifty: Rescissions mean public media can’t fund warning system grants

NOLA.com: Louisiana regulators approve power plan for giant Meta AI data center

Route Fifty: Not just electricity — water supplies will be taxed by data centers

CBS News: Energy prices could be election issue as voters see jump in utility bills

Wall Street Journal: Amazon’s big bet on groceries isn’t a knockout blow for rivals

The Washington Post: Trump administration purge of national security agencies widens with firing of DIA chief Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse

The Economist: In Putin’s Moscow, a summer of death and distraction

NPR: U.S. factory bombed in massive Russian airstrikes in Ukraine

The Washington Post: Texas Senate passes Trump-backed election map

Reuters: HHS, CMS form advisory committee to improve patient care, call for nominations

Associated Press: FACT FOCUS: A look at RFK Jr.’s misleading claims on U.S. dietary guidelines and Froot Loops

PBS News: Justice Department demanded details on transgender patients from at least 1 hospital

DefenseScoop: ‘Rapper Bot’ hit the Pentagon in at least three cyberattacks

StateScoop: South Dakota IT systems back online after two-day power outage

CBS News: Almost half of adults say they are ordering kids’ meals. Here’s what’s behind the trend.

bioGraphic: The plight of the bumblebees