June 8, 2018

Top Political News

• The Trump administration believes Obamacare’s preexisting conditions protections are now unconstitutional.
• House Votes to Trim Unused Funding, a Gesture of Fiscal Restraint.
• Ryan promises immigration legislation in hopes of avoiding a showdown among House Republicans
• Former Senate Aide Charged With Lying To FBI About Contacts With Reporters.
• New charges filed against Manafort in Russia probe
• 5 Takeaways From Tuesday’s Primary Elections
• The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics.

Energy & Natural Resources

• House passes bipartisan water infrastructure bill
• Officials warn that West faces another ‘challenging’ wildfire season
• House Spending Bill Strikes at Piece of Trump Infrastructure Plan
• Billions in U.S. solar projects shelved after Trump panel tariff.

Indian Affairs

• After 120 years, Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde regain British-held artifacts
• New Mexico Could Elect First Native-American Woman To Congress
• Alaskan Indian Affairs nominee heads to full Senate.

Labor

• NLRB plans to issue a proposed rule on joint-employer status.
• Labor Board Announces Ethics Review
• More Americans view long-term decline in union membership negatively than positively
• Transportation secretary defends brother-in-law’s nomination to lead pension agency

Taxation, Trade, & Defense

• Comcast Agrees To Pay $155 Million In Settlement With Oregon.
• Trump calls for Russia to be reinstated to G-7, threatens allies on trade
• Republican Resistance in Congress to Tariffs Grows
• Mexico, Hitting Back, Imposes Tariffs on $3 Billion Worth of U.S. Goods
• Trump Says He’ll Quit Nafta If Countries Can’t Reach New Deal.

Technology

• Daimler Trucks North America shows off its autonomous driving know-how (Video)
• GE wants to be a traffic cop for drones
• You’d Need 63 Billion Years to Do What This Computer Can Do in a Second
• Lyft Redesigns Its App – And Strategy – For The Age Of Sharing.

Transportation

• Federal Housing and Transportation Spending Bill Moves to Senate
• Sen. Susan Collins Says ‘It’s Hard to See’ Comprehensive Infrastructure Bill This Year
• Schumer calls for crude-by-rail standards
• More Routes = More Riders.