Cabbage News Network Week #76

[kmusser]

Status of Puerto Rico infrastructure - it's been 282 days and the island is still 5% without power.

Saturday 6/30

• Nationwide protests against DJT's immigrant detention policy (source).
  
• Central Americans grieve for stolen children (source).
  
• Not just the border - children left alone throughout U.S. as their parents are deported (source).
  
• North Korea not planning on denuclearizing (source).
  
• Canadian tariffs go into effect (source).
  
• Emails document how closely EPA works with those they regulate (source).

Monday 7/2

• Judge rules that DHS must give asylum seekers individual hearings (source).

Tuesday 7/3

• Education Dept. recommends schools end affirmative action (source).
  
• Congressional Republicans meeting with Russians (source).
  
• Private prison companies that donated to DJT are building immigrant detention centers (source).
  
• Pruitt keeps a secret calendar for meetings with industry representatives (source).
  
• Justice Dept. withdraws guidance documents on laws dealing with minority protections (source).

Wednesday 7/4

• Happy Independence Day!

Thursday 7/5

• Pruitt resigns (source).
  
• Bill Shine new White House communications director made official (source).
  
• HHS to use DNA tests to reunite immigrants families that were separated (source).
  
• Mueller hiring more prosecutors (source).
  
• Wheeler, a former coal industry lobbyist, likely to take over at EPA (source).
  
• More on the GOP meetings in Russia (source).
  
• DJT and Putin to have one on one meeting (source).

Friday 7/6

• Tariffs against China and Chinese tariffs against U.S. go into effect (source).
  
• Army is discharging immigrant recruits (source).

Map of the week

It has been a bit warm

Legislative action this week

• Legislation signed into law
  
  
  
• Legislation awaiting DJT's signature
  
  • 26 minor bills
  
  
• Legislation passed in the House, awaiting Senate
  
  • No new bills
    
  • 588 total pending bills
  
  
• Legislation passed in the Senate, awaiting House
  
  • No new bills
    
  • 116 total pending bills

Comments

[kmusser]

Clarification on the immigrants in the military story https://taskandpurpose.com/trump-purging-army-illegal-immigrants/