Sunday Reads: Feb. 8
Happy Super Bowl/Puppy Bowl/Olympics weekend. Here’s this week’s reading list.
Reuters: Mega IPOs in focus after Musk’s SpaceX acquires xAI
The Economist: What will Kevin Warsh’s Federal Reserve look like?
Stateline: As AI-generated fake content mars legal cases, states want guardrails
Bloomberg: Federal agents to use body cameras in Minneapolis, Noem says
CyberScoop: As feds pull back, states look inward for election security support
The New York Times: The effects of tariffs, one year into Trump’s trade experiment
The Washington Post: Homeland Security is targeting Americans with a secretive legal weapon
DefenseScoop: Air Force conducts live test of low-cost cruise missile developed for Ukraine
San Antonio Express-News: Doctors demand action on measles outbreak at Texas ICE center
Route Fifty: Public safety thrives on faster, more accurate data management, officials say
NBC News: Border Patrol agent who shot Marimar Martinez will have text messages released, judge rules
Fox 8 Cleveland: Springfield, Ohio, braces for possible ICE operation targeting Haitian immigrants
The New York Times: H.H.S. to expand faith-based addiction programs for homeless
The Washington Post: U.S. is readying huge economic deals with Russia, Zelensky says
The Texas Tribune: First lawsuit filed under Texas’ new abortion pill law
The Economist: The age of a treacherous, falling dollar
Route Fifty: How Alabama’s data sharing approach can help others tackle public health crises
NPR: Some Public Health Service officers deployed to detention centers suffer ‘moral distress’
LAist: Are the Olympics worth the cost? A new report asks L.A. leaders to consider canceling
Stateline: ‘These kids are invisible’: Child abuse deaths spur clash over homeschool regulation
The New York Times: D.O.E. panel to question climate science was unlawful, judge rules
The Seattle Times: Amazon outbids WA utility for one of nation’s largest solar projects
Reuters: U.S. rooftop solar installers cut jobs, restructure as homeowner subsidy expires
The Economist: As global press freedom dwindles, corrupt politicians rejoice
KTSM: Texas builders ask ICE to stop immigration crackdown at construction sites
The New Yorker: A chef taught California fishermen how to kill fish more humanely—and the fish taste, better too
The New York Times: How DoorDash and other food delivery apps are reshaping mealtime in the U.S.
The Dispatch: The meat revolution
The Atlantic: States have started to ban junk food from SNAP. It’s not going according to plan.




