March 25, 2022

28 Mar March 25, 2022

Top News

• Ketanji Brown Jackson Survives a Final Bruising Day of Questions. New York Times
• Powell Says Fed Will Consider More-Aggressive Interest-Rate Increases to Reduce Inflation. Wall Street Journal
• House Republicans look to counter Biden agenda. Roll Call
• Biden Administration to Tackle Racial Disparities in Home Valuations. Bloomberg City Lab
• The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics. Politico

Energy & Natural Resources

• New SEC climate rule leaves progressives wanting more. The Hill
• How ‘spongy’ is your city? Report calls on cities to better assess how they absorb water. Smart Cities Dive
• Sen. Jon Tester, one of the Senate’s only farmers, is an unlikely champion for climate action. Washington Post
• Manchin outlines energy policy objectives. The Hill

Indian Affairs

• How Native Americans Are Trying to Debug A.I.’s Biases. New York Times
• Disney World regrets Texas drill team’s performance with Native American stereotypes. NBC News
• Native Americans face more barriers in voting. The White House suggests these changes. NPR
• Leonard Peltier, imprisoned Native American activist, has new message for Biden in clemency push. NBC News

Labor 

• Workers at another NYC Amazon warehouse now have a union election date. The Verge
• Arbitration Gag Orders Called a Threat to Labor Law Enforcement. Bloomberg Law
• Women Are Winning the Biggest Pay Raises From U.S. Labor Boom. Wall Street Journal
• Biden administration to give federal employees time off to vote, work the polls. Roll Call

Taxation & Trade

• Britain agrees deal with US to end tariffs on steel exports. Guardian
• Relief at the pump? Here are the states suspending gas taxes. CBS News
• Global Minimum Tax Pact Could Undermine Biden Domestic Agenda. Bloomberg
• ‘Too big to fail’: White House careful not to target food companies as it pressures Putin. Politico
• U.S. Renews Tariff Exemptions for Some Chinese Imports. Wall Street Journal

Technology 

• How Big Tech lost the antitrust battle with Europe. Ars Technica
• China’s regulatory storm may soon subside for Big Tech firms after Xi Jinping’s right-hand man calls for order and transparency. South China Morning Post
• Big Tech is shifting the climate narrative in Washington. Protocol
• FBI ‘concerned’ about possible Russian cyberattacks on critical infrastructure. The Hill

Transportation & Infrastructure 

• 7 in ten support ‘temporary break’ from federal, state gas taxes: poll. The Hill
• To Make Safer Streets, Design Them for Drunk Drivers. Bloomberg City Lab
• Women Pay More for Transportation Than Men. Route Fifty
• Airline CEOs call for end to federal mask mandate in letter to Biden. Washington Post

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