Cabbage News Network Week #180

Monday 7/6

• Supreme Court upholds faithless elector laws (source).
  
• U.S. says it'll deport foreign students that are attending schools that are going on-line only in the fall (source).
  
• Court has ordered the Dakota Access Pipeline shutdown while a new environmental review is done (source).

Tuesday 7/7

• Administration pushing for a normal re-opening of schools in fall regardless of Covid-19 risk (source).
  
• DJT follows through on threat to leave the WHO, will take effect next year (source).
  
• Administration releases data on who got Covid-19 aid (source, another take).
  
• Explanation of why mail-in ballots do not have a voter fraud issue.

Wednesday 7/8

• Supreme Court upholds rule allowing employers to block their employees access to birth control (source).
  
• DJT's response to previous intelligence reports about Russia arming the Taliban was to share that intelligence with Russia (source).
  
• Harvard and MIT sue administration over student visas (source).
  
• CDC issues guidelines for schools and then immediately retracts them when DJT slams them (source).
  
• Vindman quits military due to administration's bullying (source).

Thursday 7/9

• Supreme Court rules that DJT's "because I'm president" is not a good enough reason to withhold tax returns from prosecutors, case will go back to lower court - not likely to see a result before the election (source).
  
• Voice of America won't extend visas for its journalists (source).
  
• Supreme Court finds in favor of Native American tribes giving them jurisdiction over certain issues across half of Oklahoma (source).
  
• TSA adds Covid-19 restrictions after 1,000 agents test positive (source).

Friday 7/10

• So far 352 facilities have taken advantage of EPA's decision to drop pollution monitoring (source).
  
• I need to post this a bit early, if more happens today it'll go on next weeks.

Map of the week

• Covid-19 changes over the last 2 weeks.
  
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Legislative update

• Legislation signed into law
  
  • Bill extending provisions from the last Covid-19 relief bill https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/116/s4116
  
  
• Legislation awaiting DJT's signature
  
  • Bill extending Covid-19 relief to non-profits https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/116/s4209
    
  • 2 minor bills
  
  
• Legislation passed in the House, awaiting Senate
  
  • 426 total pending bills sitting on McConnell's desk
  
  
• Legislation passed in the Senate, awaiting House
  
  • 151 total pending bills sitting on Pelosi's desk