March 16, 2018

Top Political News

• Trump Replacing Secretary Of State Tillerson With CIA Director Mike Pompeo.
• ‘There Will Always Be Change,’ Trump Says as More Personnel Shake-Ups Loom.
• Lawrence Kudlow to Become Trump’s White House Economic Adviser
• Game of musical chairs follows Pennsylvania’s special election.
• Rep. Louise Slaughter, liberal Democrat who championed women’s rights, dies at 88
• The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics.

Energy & Natural Resources

• The Interior Department is preparing for a massive overhaul — and Alaska is its model
• EPA Chief Signals Showdown With California on Fuel Emission Standards
• Panel mulls changes to NEPA, Clean Water Act
• FEMA Drops ‘Climate Change’ From Its Strategic Plan.

Indian Affairs

• Critically endangered orcas have governor’s, tribe’s attention
• Argument preview: Justices to consider tribal immunity from state-court actions to adjudicate title to land
• Eyes on Senate Bill to Nip Allergan’s Tribal Immunity Tactic.

Labor

• Fiduciary Rule Dealt Blow by Circuit Court Ruling
• Unions Push Back on Trump Administration’s Plans to Shrink Labor-Management Agency
• Uber Wants Labor Dept.’s Health Rule to Consider Gig Workers.

Taxation, Trade, & Defense

• Trump Readies Sweeping Tariffs and Investment Restrictions on China.
• On The West Coast, Ports Brace For Steel Tariffs
  US may tie NATO contributions to tariff exemptions
• U.S. energy pipeline developers to seek exemptions to steel tariff
• Mnuchin talks tax cuts, military spending and Flyover Country
• Senate passes rollback of banking rules enacted after financial crisis. Washington Post

Technology

• Local Officials to FCC: We’re Not the Ones Impeding 5G
• Lyft says it passed $1 billion in revenue last year — and is growing faster than Uber
• GM to invest $100 million to upgrade facilities to build self-driving cars
• When Self-Driving Cars Can’t Help Themselves, Who Takes the Wheel?

Transportation

• Taming the Mighty Mississippi
• Port Association Calls for More TIGER Grants.
• Mayors Are Demanding a Better Infrastructure Deal
• 5 Cabinet Secretaries Stump for Infrastructure Plan on Capitol Hill