June 8, 2018

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Top Political News

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

Energy & Natural Resources

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

Indian Affairs

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

Labor

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

Taxation, Trade, & Defense

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

Technology

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

Transportation

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