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Videos of Fatal ICE Shooting in Chicago Raise Questions About DHS Account  (Kim Bellware, Jonathan Baran and Arelis R. Hernández, Washington Post)
DHS said an officer was “seriously injured” by an undocumented immigrant who hit and dragged him with his car. Video indicates the officer suffered minor injuries he dismissed as “nothing major.”

Military Ballooning Is Taking Off Again  (Economist)
Armed forces are turning to an 18th-century technology to snoop on enemies.

Trump’s $100,000 H-1B Visa Miscalculation  (Vivek Wadhwa, Foreign Policy)
The system is broken, but there are much better ways to fix it.

How Military Leaders Should Respond to Trump’s Norm-Busting  (Peter D. Feaver and Heidi A. Urben, Foreign Policy)
Ther’s no shame in getting fired when it is not for cause.

The Four Harmonious Friends of US Nuclear Power  (Battulga Odgerel, National Interest)
The fruits of a real nuclear renaissance are within reach in the United States, and the path involves four pillars symbolized by the Four Harmonious Friends.

“Wholesale Destruction”: Government Shutdown or Not, Critical Science Programs Are at Risk  (Jessica McKenzie, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists)
The United States is hurtling towards a potential government shutdown if Congress does not pass a budget or short-term funding bill by the end of the month, and the fate of the federal government’s Earth and climate science programs may hang in the balance.
President Donald Trump has proposed vast, devastating cuts to these agencies, many of which target programs dedicated to studying and preparing for climate change. In the event of a shutdown, the Office of Management and Budget, or OMB, has told agencies to consider layoffs or reductions in force for “all employees” in all “programs, projects, or activities” with lapsed funding that are “not consistent with the President’s priorities.”
As Sophia Cai notes in Politico, this is starkly different from how previous government shutdowns were handled, when federal workers were temporarily furloughed and returned to work when funding was restored. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer characterized the memo as an “attempt at intimidation.”