Sunday Reads: Sept. 7

Happy weekend Great Falls, here’s this week’s reading list.

NPR: Rural hospitals band together instead of selling to big networks

Reuters: Trump supports nuclear power as it is ‘more American’ than wind, solar, U.S. official says

NPR: Who has been swept up in the federal law enforcement surge in D.C. and what charges are they facing?

The New York Times: The return of the ‘war department’ is a message from Trump

NPR: Voter registration groups blocked from naturalization events

The New York Times: 20 years after Katrina, New Orleans is ‘at a tipping point’

The Washington Post: Aging homes are crumbling across the U.S. Should government pay to fix them?

Reuters: U.S. gas power capacity set for big jump as renewables growth slows

ABC News: Artificial intelligence is here. Will it replace teachers?

DefenseScoop: Trump announces U.S. Space Command HQ will move from Colorado to Alabama

Reuters: U.S. clothing retailers test full-price strategy as rich shoppers keep spending

Route Fifty: Controversial data center moves forward in eastern North Dakota

StateScoop: San Jose, Calif., to pilot AI tool to speed up build permitting

The New York Times: John Deere, a U.S. icon, is undermined by tariffs and struggling farmers

The Washington Post: Riots and abuse troubled these former prisons. ICE plans to reopen them

Reuters: Japan, U.S. near deal to bring lower auto tariffs into effect, source says

The Wall Street Journal: A tiny town takes on a ‘zombie mall’ giant

The Washington Post: Nearly 500 workers, mostly South Koreans, arrested in immigration raid at Georgia Hyundai factory — largest of Trump’s new term

The Economist: America is escaping its office crisis

FERN and High Country News: Food and power in the West

Reuters: World food prices at more than two-year high, FAO says

Investigate Midwest: Pesticides, cancer, and rural Missouri’s health crisis

Miami Herald: Innovative startups tackle waste issues in Miami-Dade

The Economist: Have foreign tourists really avoided America this year?

Route Fifty: How digital literacy can help combat food insecurity

KFF Health News: Trump Administration investigates Medicaid spending on immigrants in blue states

Axios Chicago: Trump threats rattle Chicago restaurants and events

Reuters: ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ operations may continue, divided U.S. appeals court rules

The Washington Post: Trump officials ask Supreme Court to quickly allow sweeping tariffs

Charlottesville Tomorrow: Charlottesville police chief wants to ban camping on city property

The New York Times: Pickleball courts taking over tennis courts, as seen from the sky

The Atlantic: RFK Jr. is repeating Michelle Obama’s mistakes

The New York Times: How deforestation is drying out the Amazon