Sunday Reads: Feb. 22
Happy weekend Great Falls, stay warm out there.
The Washington Post: Alysa Liu wins gold for U.S. in figure skating, completing incredible comeback
The New York Times: U.S. economy grew modestly at end of 2025
The Washington Post: Supreme Court strikes down most of Trump’s tariffs in rare rebuke of president
The Economist: Donald Trump answers a Supreme Court rebuke with new tariff threats
The New York Times: Trump mulls a North American trade pact without Canada
The Wall Street Journal: U.S. gathers the most air power in the Mideast since the 2003 Iraq invasion
Reuters: Trump EPA to weaken rule limiting harmful mercury, air toxics from coal plants
Route Fifty: Data center growth goes full steam ahead across the U.S.
The Washington Post: Silicon Valley is building a shadow power grid for data centers across the U.S.
The Wall Street Journal: Fed minutes reveal little appetite for rate cuts
NPR: Nevada is the third state to launch a public-option health plan
KFF Health News: Trump required hospitals to post their prices for patients. Mostly it’s the industry using the data.
CNN Politics: Midterm elections: Trump is preparing to make health care a central focus
The Washington Post: Democrats revive a once-taboo idea: Capping grocery prices
DefenseScoop: Air Force launches program to modernize air operations centers
The Wall Street Journal: Japan plans $36 billion in U.S. investments under Trump Administration deal
The Washington Post: Justice Department fires U.S. attorney in Eastern District of Virginia shortly after his appointment by federal judges
NPR: Los Angeles wildfires survivors say they’re being denied aid for political reasons
Route Fifty: Republican lawmakers ask GAO to review current AI regulatory landscape
The Washington Post: Battles over growth, governance are tearing apart Purcellville, Virginia
Reuters: Drop in unauthorized immigration slows job growth, SF Fed paper finds
The New York Times: A raid in a small town brings Trump’s deportations to deep-red Idaho
CyberScoop: Fulton County lawsuit claims feds used ‘gross mischaracterizations’ to justify raid
Route Fifty: In digital-first era, NJ librarians demand more affordable e-books
The New York Times: Can artists help shape American cities again?
The Washington Post: Presidents Heads sculptures near Williamsburg say a lot about America
Foreign Affairs: Asia after America
KHON: Honolulu prepares to launch food waste collection program
The New York Times: It’s a grocery store, but selling food isn’t the point
NPR: NTSB blames ‘deep’ systemic failures for DCA midair collision
Food and Environment Reporting Network/The Nation: Trump’s ‘reform’ of the H-2A visa program doesn’t solve any of its actual problems
Reuters: Figure skating’s hidden history: From compulsory figures to quads and backflips
The New York Times: All Olympic curling stones come from this Scottish island. Here’s how they’re made
The New York Times: Young skaters assist with figure skating competitions while aspiring to the Olympics
Council on Foreign Relations: The economics of hosting the Olympic Games
The New York Times: Constant sexual aggression drives female tortoises to walk off cliffs
The Economist: The battle to save South America’s skull-crushing big cat
The Athletic: Chance of Bears moving to Indiana takes ‘meaningful step forward’
