January 15, 2021

19 Jan January 15, 2021

Top News

• What’s in Biden’s $1.9 trillion emergency coronavirus plan. Washington Post
• Biden Calls for $350 Billion in State and Local Aid as Part of Massive Stimulus. RouteFifty
• Trump Impeached for Inciting Insurrection. New York Times
• Justice Department will review its Capitol riot preparation and response. NBC
• United States sets record for most Covid-19 deaths reported in one day. CNN
• The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics. Politico

Energy & Natural Resources

• Covid-19 Took a Bite From U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions in 2020. New York Times
• Anticipated Renewable Energy and Environmental Policy Changes in the New Administration. National Law Review
• The Weekly Planet: What 2020’s Bizarre Economy Taught Us About Climate Change. The Atlantic
• Biden’s focus on climate change could turn up the pressure on China’s mega infrastructure program. CNBC
• Joe Biden’s Huge Stimulus Plans Face Joe Manchin Hurdle in Senate. Newsweek

Indian Affairs

• Tribal Elders Are Dying From the Pandemic, Causing a Cultural Crisis for American Indians. New York Times
• Supreme Court to review whether or not Mnuchin failed to distribute COVID relief to Native Americans swiftly enough. Fortune
• Native American tribes receive COVID-19 vaccines, and health officials work to ease fears about taking it. USA Today
• Carrie Dann, Native American land rights activist, dies. Washington Post
• U.S. Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Shoshone-Bannock Tribe. Native News Online

Labor

• Labor Chief Nominee Walsh Begins Prep as Names Emerge for No. 2. Bloomberg Law
• COVID-19, renewed benefits boost U.S. weekly jobless claims. Reuters
• ACLU workers are forming a union, the latest in a wave of nonprofit staffs to organize. Washington Post
• U.S. Bans Xinjiang Cotton Products, Tomatoes Over Forced Labor. Bloomberg
• U.S. Department of Labor Finalizes New Rule Setting Forth Test to Assess Employment Versus Contractor Status; But Will It Survive Under the Biden Administration? National Law Review

Taxation & Trade

• Biden Trade Policy to Center on Workers, USTR Nominee Says. Wall Street Journal
• The Business Rules the Trump Administration Is Racing to Finish. New York Times
• How China Won Trump’s Trade War and Got Americans to Foot the Bill. Bloomberg
• Sanders to wield gavel as gatekeeper for key Biden proposals. The Hill

Technology

• Facebook says it’s now removing content containing the phrase ‘Stop the Steal.’ The Hill
• Google to pause political ads again ahead of Biden inauguration. CNBC
• White House establishes national artificial intelligence office. The Hill
• Biden Twitter account ‘starts from zero’ with no Trump followers. BBC
• Microsoft, Salesforce, and Oracle are working on digital vaccination records. The Verge

Transportation & Infrastructure

• New President, Congress to Find Bipartisanship With Infrastructure, Lawmakers Say. Transport Topics
• Infrastructure gap reaches $5.6 trillion: Trade group. The Hill
• U.S. transport, education secretaries quit in staff exodus after Capitol violence. Reuters
• ‘No Excuse for Failure’ on Infrastructure Policy, US Chamber Leader Says. Transport Topics
• U.S. exempts self-driving vehicles from some crash standards. Reuters

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