17 Oct October 12, 2018
Top Political News
- Nikki Haley to Resign as Trump’s Ambassador to the U.N. New York Times
- Senators seek bipartisan sanctions inquiry in Khashoggi case. Politico
- Washington State Strikes Down Death Penalty, Citing Racial Bias. National Public Radio
- Hurricane Michael’s Deadly Strike Leaves Florida Panhandle Reeling. New York Times
- The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics. Politico
Energy & Natural Resources
- Christiansen becomes full chief of Forest Service. The Missoulian
- Trump Administration Seeks to Deploy Earthquake Sensors Faster. Wall Street Journal
- EPA removes 22 cleaned-up sites from Superfund list. The Hill
- New U.N. Climate Report Says Put a High Price on Carbon. New York Times
- Trump raises ethanol use in gasoline, appeases farmers ahead of elections. Reuters
Indian Affairs
- Court strikes down Native American adoption law, saying it discriminates against non-Native Americans. Washington Post
- Cherokee Nation To Appeal Federal Court Decision Seen As Threat To Tribal Sovereignty. High Plains Public Radio
- Native American tribe slams Supreme Court decision upholding North Dakota voter ID law. The Hill
Labor
- Lawsuit on status of Lyft drivers may be able to proceed. Boston Herald
- Union Issues Debit Cards to Fight Trump Rule Choking Dues. Bloomberg
- A Sears bankruptcy could cause one of the biggest pension defaults ever, but the government would protect 90,000 retirees. Chicago Tribune
Taxation, Trade, & Defense
- When Designer Steel From Lapland Makes Sense, Despite Tariffs. New York Times
- Trump and Xi Plan to Meet Amid Trade Tension. Wall Street Journal
- From The Front Lines Of NAFTA, More Relief Than Rejoicing. National Public Radio
- Trump Says He Doesn’t Want to Fire the Fed Chair. It Isn’t Clear If He Could. Wall Street Journal
Technology
- The Key to Autonomous Driving? An Impossibly Perfect Map. Wall Street Journal
- High-Tech Transport Is Already Here, and It’s Called Rail. Bloomberg
- Mark Warner Is Coming for Tech’s Too-Powerful. The Atlantic
Transportation
- California Gas Tax Fuels Congressional Battles. Wall Street Journal
- WRDA Overwhelmingly Passes in Senate, Heads to White House for President Trump’s Signature. American Journal of Transportation
- No Infrastructure Bill Yet, but Speaker Ryan Says House GOP Delivers Economic Agenda Ahead of Midterms. Transport Topics
- Is Transit Doomed in the U.S.? Discuss. CityLab
- A Map of Every Building in America. New York Times
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