Sunday Reads: June 28

Stay dry this weekend. Here’s this week’s reading list.

Flathead Beacon: Memo reveals Forest Service could open recommended wilderness to off-road vehicles

Flathead Beacon: Glacier National Park employees unionize

The Economist: The AI backlash is only getting started

The New York Times: Federal citizenship data tool cannot be used to screen voters, judge rules

NPR: Northwest’s yanked observatories to return to ocean after Trump administration backs down

Houston Chronicle: Houston passes $18B infrastructure plan amid solid waste restructuring

Associated Press: Dozens of states could face new costs because of high error rates in SNAP food aid

The New York Times: After attacking cargo ship, Iran presses its claim to authority over Strait

NBC News: Oil tankers pass through the Strait of Hormuz despite Iran threats as traffic slowly picks up and oil prices fall

The Washington Post: U.S. hits more targets in Iran, as hostilities erupt over Hormuz for third day

StateScoop: Advocacy groups call FCC’s E-Rate review an ‘attack’ on schools and libraries

Reuters: Ukraine hits refinery in Russia’s Krasnodar region overnight

The Atlantic: The warrior-witches of Ukraine’s resistance

NPR: Here’s how Russia’s nuclear-powered ‘Skyfall’ missile works

The Wall Street Journal: The EU is cutting tariffs on the U.S. Now comes the next fight.

CyberScoop: Federal court rules Trump election-focused executive order illegal

The New York Times: Funding for Trump’s construction spree is murky. Here’s what we found out.

KFF Health News: Medicare Advantage company pays $342M to government in midst of billing probe

Flathead Beacon: Longtime probation officer accused of orchestrating drug deal in reverse sting operation pleads not guilty

Route Fifty: New York City delays school AI guidance after backlash

The Economist: Donald Trump is kicking out Chinese firms and keeping their tech

The New York Times: Mistrial declared in Palisades Fire arson case

NPR: People fired over Charlie Kirk posts get big payouts for First Amendment retaliation

The Washington Post: Why the nation’s founding document is marred by creases, stains and a mysterious handprint

NPR: Cambodia cracked down on scams costing Americans billions. It created a new crisis

The Economist: Ebola has put Africa’s fragile health systems in the spotlight

The Atlantic: ‘Rush project at request of POTUS’: Trump is draining the national parks to pay for his projects

Associated Press: Archaeologists unearth ‘prototype’ of world-famous Stonehenge monument a few miles away