April 6, 2018

Top Political News

• Trump administration imposes sweeping new sanctions on Russian elite.
• Robert Mueller Notches Prison Sentence for Lawyer, Reveals Key Memo on Paul Manafort.
• President Trump Signs Proclamation To Send National Guard Troops To Mexican Border
• Trump to Skip White House Correspondents’ Dinner Again This Year.
• The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics

Energy & Natural Resources

• Scott Pruitt’s job in jeopardy amid expanding ethics issues.
• 15 AGs sue Trump EPA for not enforcing pollution controls
• Quietly, Trump Officials and California Seek a Deal on Car Emissions
• Documents show Shell grappled with climate change years ago
• Trump administration may alter protections for threatened species.

Indian Affairs

• Tribes see improvements, hurdles as they charge non-Natives
• New Washington law aims to help find missing Native American women
• Seattle School Board selects first Native American superintendent in city history
• PSU Moves Closer To Native American Studies Major.

Labor

• Teachers in Oklahoma and Kentucky Walk Out: ‘It Really Is a Wildfire.’
• The Newest Weapons Against Unions Are Employees.
• In Nafta Shift, U.S. Focuses on Labor Standards. Wall Street Journal

Taxation, Trade, & Defense

• U.S. and China Play Chicken on Trade, and Neither Swerves
• China threatens to hit back as Trump seeks additional tariffs on $100 billion of Chinese goods
• US auto manufacturers call for China and US to work out trade disputes
  White House Tries to Pull Nafta Back From Brink as Deadlines Loom
• Acting against Putin, U.S. imposes sanctions on businessmen close to Kremlin

Technology

• Autonomous Cars Are Almost Here. Are Cities Ready?
• As Shared Scooters Invade, Cities Must Decide Whose Vehicles Belong Where
• U.S. congressional panels probe whether Russia got Facebook data: sources

Transportation

• Trump’s Infrastructure Strategist Is Leaving The White House
• Trump Taps Heidi King to Run National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Wall Street Journal
• Toll Roads So Tough, Naughty Drivers Are Felons.
• Tolls on downtown streets? Seattle mayor pushes for plan to cut traffic, greenhouse gases
• Smart Cities Collaborative Gets Ready to Kick Off a 2nd Round