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

The New York Times: Why U.S. test scores are in a ‘generation-long decline’

ABC News: Army cuts training as service is short billions of dollars

NPR: NY orders broad reform of public school that held Native children with disabilities in wooden boxes

Associated Press: Supreme Court rejects Virginia congressional map drawn by Democrats

The Washington Post: 7 in 10 Americans oppose data centers being built in their communities

Wired: DHS plans experiment running ‘reconnaissance’ drones along the U.S.-Canada border

Associated Press: Pentagon halts troops heading to Poland and Germany to cut numbers in Europe

DefenseScoop: CBO estimates Golden Dome-like missile shield could cost $1.2 trillion over two decades

NPR: Study finds engaging with the arts can slow biological aging

The Economist: Prepare for an AI jobs apocalypse

The Wall Street Journal: Boeing, Toyota donated $1 million each to Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s road-trip show

Associated Press: Emails show Kash Patel went on a ‘VIP snorkel’ at Pearl Harbor

The New York Times: Reflecting Pool repairs to cost $13.1 million. Trump had promised $1.8 million.

Reuters: U.S. power transformer buyers scramble for imports, factory slots

Associated Press: Federal judge blocks Trump administration’s demand for transgender patient data

KFF Health News: Trump demands Medicaid data for deportation. Some states go a step further.

The Washington Post: Water costs are rising faster than inflation — and sending bills soaring

Reuters: Ace Hardware sued in U.S. court over alleged retail price coordination

CyberScoop: White House cyber official: identity security matters more than ever in the age of AI

The New York Times: What could one banana cost? $10? Maybe for you, some fear.

The Economist: America is experiencing a productivity miracle

The Washington Post: The cost of a college degree is a tax on your future net worth

PBS News: Older Americans say it’s a good time to find a job. Younger people aren’t buying it

Georgia Public Broadcasting: A Georgia city, slated for a massive immigration warehouse, sues ICE

Associated Press: Trump has hindered offshore wind while China and other countries invest heavily

Route Fifty: AI driving rise in child sexual abuse material cases, North Dakota investigator says

DefenseScoop: Air Force wants to develop follow-on to ARRW hypersonic missile

NPR: Researchers discover a new dinosaur species in Thailand

Financial Times: How Walmart is taking over empty drugstores to speed up deliveries

The New York Times: ‘Fired faimrom retirement’: Financially insecure, older Americans return to the grind

NBC News: Florida officials investigate ChatGPT, OpenAI over alleged role in FSU shooting

The New York Times: Why two big companies just cut paid family leave

L.A. Times: L.A.’s ultra-urban rivers wash tons of trash out to sea. There’s a plan to change that before the Olympics.

ProPublica: How California allows teachers reported for sexual harassment or misconduct to keep teaching

Northern Plains Radio: In Illinois, everyone wants higher education reform but disagrees on what reform looks like

Food and Environment Reporting Network/Bloomberg Businessweek: Salmon farms on land take aim at $19 billion industry

The Atlantic: Checkmate in Iran

NPR: AJC’s Andrew Morse steps down 3 years into $150 million reinvention

The New York Times: Omaha Bar is not a barbershop, state barber board tells a bar named ‘barber shop’

Associated Press: Adults improve music skills and foster friendships over summer band camp