Cabbage News Network Week #27

All week

• Senate investigations continue, meeting with Kushner and Manafort, nothing really new to report.
  
• Senate continues its hand-wringing over health care, nothing really new to report, still don't have the votes to do a repeal.
  
• In depth article from the Atlantic on what it's like in the Federal government without any leadership using Dept. of Energy as an example - recommended and terrifying reading.

Tuesday 7/25

• DJT may fire Sessions (source).
  
• GOP in Congress supporting Sessions and Mueller (source).
  
• New WH communications director purging staff (source).
  
• Senate votes to open debate on health care without really having a specific bill to debate on (source).

Wednesday 7/26

• DJT wants to ban transgender people from the military - lots of people reporting on this as if he actually put a ban into place, he has not, tweets are not laws people. (source).
  
• One health care repeal bill defeated, there will be more (source).

Thursday 7/27

• Scaramucci vs Priebus mud wrestling - just in case there is any doubt the White House communications director referring to the White House Chief of Staff as a "fucking paranoid schizophrenic" is not normal (source).
  
• Pentagon confirms no change to military transgender policy (source).
  
• Justice Dept. argues that the Civil Rights Act should not protect against workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation - note that is already the case under current case law, but there is currently a legal challenge trying to overturn that. The Obama Justice Dept. had supporting including sexual orientation as a protected class. (source).
  
• Congress passes sanctions bill (source) (side note - this is the first thing Congress has managed to pass in over a month).

Friday 7/28

• Health care repeal defeated and again, and may really be dead this time (source, last attempt?).

Legislative action this week

• Legislation signed into law
  
• Legislation awaiting DJT's signature
  
  • Sanctions on Iran, Russia, and North Korea https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hr3364
    
  • Legislation passed in the House, awaiting Senate
    
    • 268 mostly minor bills
    
    
  • Legislation passed in the Senate, awaiting House
    
    Maps of the week
    
    • The solar eclipse is coming next month
      
      
      
    • More detailed maps from NASA
      
    • Cool interactive map here.

Cabbage News Network Week #27.1

Adding an addendum since a lot happened this afternoon.

Friday 7/28

• Priebus resigns as White House chief of staff, replaced by John Kelly who was leading DHS. (source).
  
• Another ICBM test from North Korea, South Korea and U.S. are discussing possible military responses (source.
  
• DJT speech to police group, encourages more police brutality (source).
  
• DJT says he'll sign Russian sanctions bill (source).
  
• Congress asks Federal agencies for everything they have on Kapersky Labs (source).
  
• Congress goes into recess without having passed any major legislation (source).
  
• Treasury delays closing tax loophole for another year (source).
  
• 2018 insurance market still uncertain (source.
  
• FDA proposes cutting the amount of nicotine allowed in cigarettes (source.
  
• Court orders FAA to regulate airplane seat sizes (source).