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The Hill: Trump announces US crypto reserve

KTLA: Elvira says ‘Elon sux,’ donates Tesla to NPR

KTLA: Beloved L.A. staple Original Pantry Cafe closes after 100 years

KOMO : Washington woman, missing for nearly a year, found dead inside crashed car in Oregon

KOMO : Thieves steal $100k in guitars from Seattle rental business; police recover stolen truck

KATU: Body found on top of shopping carts at Troutdale Home Depot prompts investigation

KATU: Search continues for missing 2-year-old in Lincoln County, OR

The Guardian: Zelensky says he is ready to sign minerals deal and relations with US will continue – video

The Guardian: Trump administration retreats in fight against Russian cyber threats

NY Times : Hegseth Orders Pentagon to Stop Offensive Cyberoperations Against Russia

NY Times : Homeland Security Officials Push I.R.S. for 700,000 Immigrants’ Addresses

NBC News: 'They've radicalized me': Federal workers fight back as Trump dismantles their work

NBC: South Carolina governor declares state of emergency as raging wildfires prompt mass evacuations

The Hill: Johnson says Putin ‘not to be trusted,’ ‘dangerous’

AP News: Republicans once maligned Medicaid. Now some see a program too big to touch

Consumer Reports: Dangerous Chemicals Were Detected in 100% of the Braiding Hair We Tested

Smithsonian Magazine: Scientists Identify a Gene Linked to Spoken Language, and It Makes Lab Mice Squeak Differently

Smithsonian Magazine: Chinook Salmon Are Swimming in This California River for the First Time in More Than 80 Years

NY Times : How Elon Musk Executed His Takeover of the Federal Bureaucracy

Washington Post: Companies start landing on the moon as space agencies foot the bill

Washington Post: Opinion: What we learned about politics by talking about … wolves

KQED: Trump’s Mass Layoffs at NOAA Cut Into the Bay Area Weather Service

KQED: ‘Look, There’s Nowhere Else to Go’: Inside California’s Crackdown on Homeless Camps

NPR: USDA unveils a $1 billion plan to address the egg crisis

The Guardian: ‘It’s packed with dealers. Look around you’: life amid the cocaine cartels of the French Riviera

The Guardian: Read the signs of Trump’s federal firings: AI is coming for private sector jobs too

The Guardian: ‘They worship death’: Trump ‘border czar’ reveals extremist views in interview

Reuters: US firm Firefly scores its first moon landing with Blue Ghost spacecraft

Reuters: US judge declares Trump's firing of watchdog agency head illegal

The Guardian: ‘America is going down’: China can capitalise on damage caused by Trump, former PLA colonel says

The Guardian: Europe faces ‘once in a generation’ moment for its security, Starmer says – live

The Atlantic: The Putinization of America

The Atlantic: A New Kind of State Media: Donald Trump is staffing his administration with podcast bros.

The Atlantic: Is DOGE Sure It Wants to Fire These People?

Courthouse News Service: DoorDash to pay $16.75 million over stolen tips from delivery drivers

Courthouse News Service: Iowa governor signs bill removing civil rights of transgender Iowans

AP News: The world’s most famous sled dog race is longer than ever. Here’s a look at Iditarod, by the numbers

AP News: Israel cuts off Gaza aid to pressure Hamas to accept new ceasefire proposal

Courthouse News Service: Lawmakers and advocates voice concern over federal funding cuts’ impact on the Chesapeake Bay

BBC: Pro-Ukraine protests across US after Trump-Zelensky clash

The Oregonian: Oregon coast fire district in turmoil after chief promises ‘open war’ on board members

The Oregonian: Town hall draws more than 1,000 Oregonians amid rising concerns about Trump administration

OPB: NOAA firings in Seattle include orca-saving employee of the year

OPB: Tillamook County housing projects in limbo following cuts to federal funding

LA Times: Newsom suspends landmark environmental laws to speed up wildfire prevention efforts

LA Times: ‘Like someone put a blanket over the ocean’: Kelp could be among fires’ casualties

SF Chronicle: California drug bust: 16,500 fentanyl pills, 72 pounds of meth

SF Chronicle: Anti-DOGE protests at Tesla stores target Elon Musk's bottom line

KTLA: Driver dumped 150 of gallons of contaminated waste into local creek, investigators say

KTLA: ICE raids at least 3 homes, arrests one mother in South Los Angeles