January 11, 2019

Top Political News

• House breaks for weekend, all but ensuring longest shutdown in U.S. history.
• Michael Cohen, Trump’s Former Lawyer, Agrees to Testify to Congress.
• Justice Ginsburg Has No Remaining Signs Of Cancer, Will Return To Supreme Court
• Judge pauses appeal of ObamaCare ruling, cites government shutdown.
• Record Number of Women Take Lead as Committee Staff Bosses
• The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics.

Energy, Natural Resources, and Agriculture 

• White House Eyeing Rob Bishop, David Bernhardt for Interior, Sources Say
• As climate change rises to top of Democratic agenda, New Jersey’s Frank Pallone gains a front-row seat
• Federal shutdown has halted training, other wildfire prep — and it could get worse
• How artificial intelligence will affect the future of energy and climate.
• ‘A travesty to this nation’: People are destroying Joshua trees in Joshua Tree National Park

Indian Affairs

• Judge allows tribes to challenge Corps’ Dakota Access study
• Montana’s senators renew support for missing, murdered Native American women.
• Rep. Sharice Davids Talks Impact Of Government Shutdown On Native Americans

Labor

• Bipartisan bill looks to help struggling multiemployer plans
• Air traffic controllers’ union sues over unpaid work during government shutdown.
• What if Cities Are No Longer the Land of Opportunity for Low-Skilled Workers?

Taxation, Trade, & Defense

• America’s Electric Grid Has a Vulnerable Back Door—and Russia Walked Through It
• A Prolonged Shutdown Will Hit Counties With Tight Cash Flows Hardest
• Xi Jinping’s Top Trade Aide to Visit U.S. for Talks This Month, Shutdown Permitting
• Could a Chinese-made Metro car spy on us? Many experts say yes

Technology

• Daimler abandons platooning to focus on automation.
• Mexicans embrace bikes, scooters as fuel shortage drags on
• Audi And Disney Want To Spice Up Your Uber Ride With VR
• The ‘Driverless Experience’ Looks Awfully Distracting

Transportation

• Springfield resident and U.S. Rep Peter DeFazio picked to lead House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee
• Musical Chairs at DOT Sees FMCSA’s Gautreaux Headed to NHTSA
• In States Embracing More Toll Roads, Freeways May No Longer Be Free.