January 5, 2018

Top Political News

• Two Democrats Sworn In to Senate, Cutting the Republican Edge to One.
• The 2018 Congressional Retirement Tracker.
• Congress and White House inch forward in budget talks
• Use of legalized marijuana threatened as Sessions rescinds Obama-era directive that eased federal enforcement.
• Obstruction Inquiry Shows Trump’s Struggle to Keep Grip on Russia Investigation
• The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics.

Energy & Natural Resources

• Trump Moves to Open Nearly All Offshore Waters to Drilling
• Congressional watchdog to study Superfund site risks posed by disasters, climate change
• Zinke’s World View
• Washington carbon policy should invest in landscapes, rural communities, state lands chief says.
• Oregon sues Monsanto, alleges company knowingly sold toxic PCBs for decades
• Portland’s ban on new fuel terminals ruled constitutional

Indian Affairs

• For Native Americans, a ‘Historic Moment’ on the Path to Power at the Ballot Box
• Utah bill tramples on tribal sovereignty at Bears Ears

Labor

• Why the new tax bill may drive retailers to hire less, automate more.
• ‘I hope I can quit working in a few years’: A preview of the U.S. without pensions.
• The Real Future of Work.
• U.S. Employers Slowed Pace of Hiring in December

Taxation, Trade, & Defense

• Will 2018 Be the Year of Protectionism? Trump Alone Will Decide
• Canada sends ministers to U.S. to boost NAFTA as key talks loom
• How the new tax bill will cut infrastructure investment
• GOP Tax Law Sparks Confusion And Outcry In Blue States As N.Y. Threatens Lawsuit

Technology

• A User’s Guide to the Dawn of Robot Driving
• Uber May Be Aflame, But Its Self-Driving Cars Are Getting Good.
• Can The Private Sector Help Cities Stop Traffic Deaths?
• Trade group including Facebook, Google plans to sue FCC over net neutrality

Transportation

• Chao calls on railroads to speed up PTC implementation
• Trump to make infrastructure push during Camp David retreat.
• ‘Waiting on an Opportunity to Work With the Administration’ on Infrastructure
• Federal Investigators: Positive Train Control Would have Prevented Amtrak Derailment.
• Car Sales to Top 90 Million Globally for First Time