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Status of Puerto Rico infrastructure - it's been 289 days and the island is still 5% without power.

Monday 7/9

OPM sends out guidance for implementing DJT's anti-union executive orders for Federal workers (source).
Administration suspends risk adjustment payments that help stabilize the health insurance markets (source).
U.S. tries to block U.N. resolution encouraging breast-feeding (source).
Administration is not expected to make the court ordered deadline on reuniting immigrant families, this involved the 102 children under the age of 5 that border agents took from their parents (source).
ICE funding is coming up soon in Congress (source).
Contracting firm ditches ICE contract over child separation policy (source).
Charges against inauguration protesters are dropped (source).
Guiliani still working with foreign clients while he work for DJT (source).
Food stamp recipients are about to lose access to farmers markets due to Fed contracting change (source).

Tuesday 7/10

DJT nominates Brett Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court, holds the opinions that you'd expect a GOP judge to hold (source).
Kavanaugh believes the president should be immune to subpoenas (source).
Courts extend deadline for reuniting immigrant children with their parents, but reject DJT's request to allow long-term detention of children (source).
Immigrant family reunifications not going smoothly. Border Patrol has indeed gone back to the previous "catch and release" policy for new immigrants (source).
Government contractor telling immigrants they need to pay for DNA tests which are supposed to be covered by HHS (source).
Estonia, a NATO member, prepares for war in case Russia invades (source).
Administration cuts grants to non-profits that help consumers get health insurance (source).
DJT pardons ranchers that occupied Malheur Wildlife Refuge in Oregon (source).
A bunch of Pruitt's aides resign from EPA (source).

Wednesday 7/11

Thursday 7/12

57 of the 103 children under 5 years old that were taken are returned to their parents (source).
DJT rattles sabers at NATO, completely powerless before Putin (source).
Protests in the U.K. over DJT visit (source).
Russia creating fake twitter accounts disguised as local news sources (source).
Lawyer for a Russian bank confirmed to lead Justice Dept. corruption division (source).
Marc Short, DJT's legislative affairs director, resigns (source).
Shahira Knight will replace Marc Short (source).
Mexico opposed to U.S. plan to make Central American asylum seekers wait in Mexico while their cases are pending (source).

Friday 7/13

Justice Dept. indicts 12 Russians for hacking the DNC in 2016 in an attempt to help DJT win the election. Note that cyber attack against DNC began on the same day that DJT said "Russia if you are listening I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing"(source).
DJT executive order that administrative law judges no longer need to be hired based on merit (source).
ACLU sues to force government to pay costs of reuniting families that it separated (source).
DJT calls his one of his own interviews "fake news" (source).
Pruitt is still under investigation (source).
Commerce Secretary Ross now divesting of stocks he promised to 18 months ago (source).

Map of the week

Legislative action this week

Legislation signed into law
- 3 minor bills
Legislation awaiting DJT's signature
- 23 minor bills
Legislation passed in the House, awaiting Senate
- Authorization act for various intelligence agencies https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hr6237
- 16 minor bills
- 598 total pending bills
Legislation passed in the Senate, awaiting House
- No new bills
- 124 total pending bills
Upcoming legislation
- Dept. of Energy appropriations, includes appropriations for a bunch of other agencies as well (already passed once, but changes were made) https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hr5895
- Dept. of Interior appropriations https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hr6147

13 July 2018