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
