April 6, 2018

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Top Political News

• Trump administration imposes sweeping new sanctions on Russian elite. Washington Post
• Robert Mueller Notches Prison Sentence for Lawyer, Reveals Key Memo on Paul Manafort. Wall Street Journal
• President Trump Signs Proclamation To Send National Guard Troops To Mexican Border. National Public Radio
• Trump to Skip White House Correspondents’ Dinner Again This Year. Bloomberg News
• The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics. Politico

Energy & Natural Resources

• Scott Pruitt’s job in jeopardy amid expanding ethics issues. Washington Post
• 15 AGs sue Trump EPA for not enforcing pollution controls. The Hill
• Quietly, Trump Officials and California Seek a Deal on Car Emissions. New York Times
• Documents show Shell grappled with climate change years ago. E&E News
• Trump administration may alter protections for threatened species. The Hill

Indian Affairs

• Tribes see improvements, hurdles as they charge non-Natives. Associated Press
• New Washington law aims to help find missing Native American women. Spokesman Review
• Seattle School Board selects first Native American superintendent in city history. Seattle Times
• PSU Moves Closer To Native American Studies Major. Oregon Public Broadcasting

Labor

• Teachers in Oklahoma and Kentucky Walk Out: ‘It Really Is a Wildfire.’ New York Times
• The Newest Weapons Against Unions Are Employees. Bloomberg News
• In Nafta Shift, U.S. Focuses on Labor Standards. Wall Street Journal

Taxation, Trade, & Defense

• U.S. and China Play Chicken on Trade, and Neither Swerves. New York Times
• China threatens to hit back as Trump seeks additional tariffs on $100 billion of Chinese goods. Washington Post
• US auto manufacturers call for China and US to work out trade disputes. The Hill
  White House Tries to Pull Nafta Back From Brink as Deadlines Loom. New York Times
• Acting against Putin, U.S. imposes sanctions on businessmen close to Kremlin. Reuters

Technology

• Autonomous Cars Are Almost Here. Are Cities Ready? The Atlantic
• As Shared Scooters Invade, Cities Must Decide Whose Vehicles Belong Where. Wired
• U.S. congressional panels probe whether Russia got Facebook data: sources. Reuters

Transportation

• Trump’s Infrastructure Strategist Is Leaving The White House. National Public Radio
• Trump Taps Heidi King to Run National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Wall Street Journal
• Toll Roads So Tough, Naughty Drivers Are Felons. Wall Street Journal
• Tolls on downtown streets? Seattle mayor pushes for plan to cut traffic, greenhouse gases. Seattle Times
• Smart Cities Collaborative Gets Ready to Kick Off a 2nd Round. Route Fifty