March 30, 2018

Top Political News

• Trump pushes out Shulkin at VA, nominates Jackson as replacement.
• At Least Twelve States to Sue Trump Administration Over Census Citizenship Question.
• Justices cast doubt on partisan redistricting
• Hope Hicks Is Gone, and It’s Not Clear Who Can Replace Her.
• The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics

Energy & Natural Resources

• Partisan split on climate grows, even as U.S. fears are on the rise, poll finds.
• E.P.A. Prepares to Roll Back Rules Requiring Cars to Be Cleaner and More Efficient
• Interior not set to enforce revived methane rule — drillers

Indian Affairs

• Bill to extend Amber Alert funding to tribes heads to Trump
• Native American tribes get funding boost for crime victims.
• A Fight Over Salmon-Killing Roads Is Now A Supreme Court Case About Native Rights
• Kennedy to sit out Wash. tribal fishing rights case

Labor

• Trouble in candy land: How Peeps, pensions and a lawsuit threaten to upend the American retirement system.
• Nearly 1 million people were out of the workforce because of opioid addiction in 2015, according to study
• Why Are States So Strapped for Cash? There Are Two Big Reasons

Taxation, Trade, & Defense

• Trump administration ‘cautiously optimistic’ summit with N. Korea will take place.
• Trump says may hold up South Korea trade deal until after deal with North Korea.
• New Tax on Overseas Earnings Hits Unintended Targets
• White House Looks to Use Emergency Law to Halt Chinese Investment

Technology

• Waymo and Jaguar Will Build Up to 20,000 Self-Driving Electric SUVs
• Uber Isolated by Partners and Competitors in Aftermath of Crash
• Dozens of State DOTs Are Now Using or Testing Aerial Drones. Route Fifty
• To Pay or Not to Pay Hackers? Ransomware Poses a Dilemma for Governments

Transportation

• Mobility Cubed taking zero emissions vehicles to the last mile
• Trump Shifts Focus of Transportation Grants From City to Country
• Trump embraces piecemeal approach on infrastructure plan to Ohio workers
• Trump: Infrastructure overhaul will likely come after midterms