December 21, 2018

Top Political News

• U.S. defense chief Mattis quits after clashing with Trump on policies.
• Trump Threatens a Shutdown That Will ‘Last for a Very Long Time.’
• Here Are All the Officials Who Have Left the Trump Administration
• The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics.

Energy, Natural Resources, and Agriculture 

• Trump Signs Farm Bill, Backs Rule Sidestepping Congress On More Work For Food Stamps
• Senate poised to kick land bill fight to January.
• Zinke’s Departure Puts Interior Department in Hands of Former Oil Lobbyist

Indian Affairs

• Climate coverage misses ‘whole’ indigenous story
• Bill to help solve crimes against Native Americans stalls
• Rep.-elect Sharice Davids, a gay Native American, is ready to ‘shape the future’ of America.

Labor

• Uber loses latest UK legal bid to block worker rights for drivers
• The Janus decision was supposed to hurt public-employee unions. In Minnesota, their membership is up
• Fifth Circuit Upholds OSHA’s Multi-Employer Citation Policy

Taxation, Trade, & Defense

• Trump’s Use of National Security to Impose Tariffs Faces Court Test
• House passes year-end tax package.
• U.S. Stocks Tick Higher at End of Punishing Week.
• Lawmakers Sound Bipartisan Alarm After Resignation By Defense Secretary Jim Mattis.

Technology

• Uber gets approval from Pennsylvania to resume self-driving testing
• U.S. Safety Agency Streamlines Autonomous Vehicle Approvals
• Inside Elon Musk’s Tunnel to Alleviate ‘Soul-Destroying’ Traffic
• 7 Arguments Against the Autonomous-Vehicle Utopia
• As Facebook Raised a Privacy Wall, It Carved an Opening for Tech Giants

Transportation

• States Eye Cap-and-Invest Transportation Policy to Reduce Emissions
• US miscalculated benefits of oil train brakes.
• Trump Threatens Infrastructure Legislation Over Border Wall Demand
• Artists and Engineers: A New Relationship?