Sunday Reads: May 24

Here’s this week’s reading list. Here’s to a good week Great Falls.

Associated Press: For 1 sentinel, a final walk at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

NPR: How Indigenous tribes are leading climate action in Montana

NPR: USS Niagara, War of 1812 tall ship, wraps up extensive refit

Associated Press: Parking lots get hot and are bad for storm runoff. These groups are testing other options

The New York Times: Americans have spent $44 billion extra on gas as costs of Iran war grow

Reuters: Mexico, EU to sign stalled trade deal as they aim to diversify from U.S.

The New York Times: Warsh to take charge of Fed facing rising inflation threat

The Washington Post: Trump seeks to widen Abraham Accords as new Iran deal faces sharp criticism

The Economist: Donald Trump says a deal with Iran is close. But he also says he is in no rush

The Washington Post: President Donald Trump’s unofficial Venezuela viceroy shapes U.S. policy, raising oversight concerns

The New Republic: The farmers caught between Trump’s tariffs and his war in Iran

The Wall Street Journal: The World Is Awash in Bourbon. That’s a Problem for Big Booze.

The New York Times: Trump officials’ strict stand on Ebola leaves health experts ‘stunned’

The Washington Post: Trump’s $1.8 billion payout fund isn’t required to reveal how it actually works

L.A. Times: How a “toxic” City Hall became unraveled by “very horrible” anonymous letters

NPR: When times are hard, we eat more beans. And it’s happening again now

The New York Times: House passes housing bill, uniting on a measure to bring down costs

The Wall Street Journal: Deere sales rise as construction growth offsets agriculture weakness

Reuters: U.S. again delays closure of two units of fossil fuel-fired power plant in Pennsylvania

CyberScoop: Trump postpones executive order focused on AI security

The New York Times: Corpus Christi faces water crisis as drought and industrial growth strain supply

The Economist: How the Supreme Court both checks and empowers Donald Trump

NPR: Federal funding delays are harming science irreparably, researchers say

Associated Press: Searching for unity, and the meaning of it, across American history

Associated Press: What the founders’ beliefs can tell us about America

NPR: 3 quick things as inflation jumps to its highest since 2023

The Economist: How China quietly helps Russia in Ukraine

ABC News: Large mammals are ‘thriving’ in the Chernobyl exclusion zone, scientists say

The Atlantic: What caused a midair crash that killed six U.S. troops in the Iran war?

The Washington Post: Why wide-open Idaho is mandating the smallest housing lots in America

Associated Press: Key federal agency approves the design plan for Trump’s Washington arch

CityLab: Salt Lake City’s ‘homeless campus’ reflects Trump-era policy shift

CBS News: Judge dismisses charges against ex-school official accused of neglect after 6-year-old shot teacher

KFF Health News: Trump’s $50B rural health bet meets a healthcare desert in North Carolina

Route Fifty: Local Maine officials look to pause data center development after state moratorium veto

The Atlantic: The secret to winning on Jeopardy

San Francisco Chronicle: For the first time, a woman will lead the San Francisco Symphony

WTVR: Loggerhead sea turtle returns to ocean after eight months of rehab

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Jenn Rowell