Reading archive 2023-07-18

Smithsonian abruptly cancels Asian American literary festival: In a move that stunned the institution’s event partners and writers who value its sense of community, the program was canceled just weeks before it was to take place in August

Yellowstone bison gores woman as she walks away, park says

Forbes Estimates China Paid Trump At Least $5.4 Million Since He Took Office, Via Mysterious Trump Tower Lease [ed. note: from 10/2020]

House GOP seeks billions in cuts to rail, water infrastructure spending: Two years after approving a bipartisan $1.2 trillion law, Republicans are looking to scale back spending that some in their own party previously supported