August 3, 2018

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Top Political News

• Senate clears $154B ‘minibus’ spending measure.
• How Fake Influence Campaigns on Facebook Lured Real People
• Cheaper Health Plans With Less Coverage Move Forward.
• The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics

Energy & Natural Resources

• Trump’s CEQ, EPA picks squeak through split committee.
• Senate OKs first Interior-EPA bill in years
• Federal agency pauses tree-removal plan to help sage grouse
• Trump Unveils His Plan to Weaken Fuel Economy Rules

Indian Affairs

• ‘Congress has never heard a voice like mine’: Native American woman seeks to make history
• Native candidates are rewriting history.
• Why there aren’t any Native American charter schools in Washington state
• PSU To Offer State’s First Major In Indigenous Nations And Native American Studies This Fall

Labor

• Sen. Rubio’s Paid Family Leave Plan Tied to Social Security.
• Stage set for unions’ legal challenge against Trump’s executive orders, but effects already hurt

Taxation, Trade, & Defense

• China warns it could fire back with tariffs of $60 billion in U.S. goods.
• Europe Feels the Squeeze of the Trump Trade Tariffs
• U.S. Trade Deficit Widened in June for First Time in Four Months
• U.S. job growth slows in July, unemployment rate dips.

Technology

• Dangerous Drones Could be Intercepted by Feds
• Inside the life of Waymo’s driverless test family
• 2021 May Be the Year of the Fully Autonomous Car
• Scooter startup Bird plans to fund protected bike lanes
• New York City considering limits on ride-share vehicles.
• Apple is the first $1 trillion company in history

Transportation

• Senate OKs $16.1 billion for transit, passenger rail
• Senate Agrees to One-Year Ban on Transit Rail Car and Bus Procurements from Chinese-Owned Companies.
• HSR in the PNW?
• Visualizing the Hidden ‘Logic’ of Cities.