October 12, 2018

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

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

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