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Oil to flow through straight of Hormuz once again, SpaceX raised over $85B in Friday’s historic IPO, Amazon chooses Missouri for next data center campus, Ada county weighs property tax increases, new Amtrak trains coming to the PNW, Montana’s Sean O’Malley wins White Houses Freedom Fight.

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Lawmakers fight to stop the Trump administration's dismantling of a $386M ocean observatory project (OPB)

The Ocean Observatories Initiative is a network of more than 900 ocean sensors built at a cost of $386 million. Over the last decade it has tracked ocean circulation, marine ecosystems, climate change and extreme weather, producing data freely available to the public and informing more than 500 scientific publications. The project was slated to run another 15 to 20 years.

The National Science Foundation had directed the removal of most of the system’s instruments from waters off Oregon, Washington, Alaska, North Carolina and Greenland by 2027 — a decision scientists said came with no warning and no scientific review. The independent federal agency, which was established by Congress, described the move not as a cancellation but as a “descoping” aligned with a strategy to prioritize “evolving scientific priorities and emerging technologies.” The Trump administration’s proposed 2026 budget had included a 55% cut to the agency.

Sean O’Malley has never stopped being a Montana kid (MTFP)

“Sunday night, the Ultimate Fighting Championship came to Washington, D.C., for fights featuring some of the sport’s biggest names, including Helena native and former UFC bantamweight champion “Suga” Sean O’Malley.
O’Malley’s father, Dan O’Malley, still resides in Helena and spoke with MTFP about his son and his participation in the card of fights at the White House

MTFP: From Helena to the White House, how does Sean reflect on making it big?

Dan:  Sean just fought in front of three million people [in 2023] when he beat [Aljamain Sterling] and won the belt to make him the greatest in the world, and there’s a lot of pressure there. Two weeks later, we’re at Grizzly Stadium [in Missoula]. Sean and I, we have to hide in the back of the weight room because it’s supposed to be a surprise who comes out and raises the flag. There are 19,000 people at Grizzly Stadium. Sean looked at me and said, “Dad, you need to get me a shot [of alcohol].” Hardly ever does Sean drink. 

 He’s like, “I am so nervous because I wanna do so good for Montana that I wanna be a little more calm when I come out there.”  

He’s a Montanan kid, and he wants to perform for all Montanans, and he’s super proud to be a Montanan. When he called and told me, “Pack your bag for the White House.” As a dad, you could feel all the excitement in his voice, but Sean likes to be super chill. Like, it was not that big a deal, but you could tell Sean was super jacked. Sean’s super excited to represent the United States of America.”

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