Roshaan Wasim  //  9/4/18  //  Daily Update

Democrats, eyeing a majority, are preparing hearings, subpoenas, and investigations into nearly every corner of the Trump Administration. Immigrants, fearing a crackdown from the Trump Administration, are dropping out of nutrition programs. President Trump rolls back worker safety rules. Social security numbers and other information were inadvertently made public by a government transparency website during a systems upgrade. President Trump is to test high-pressure negotiating style as U.S.-Canada NAFTA talks resume. Lawmakers are set to start tech industry hearings. President Trump renews his criticism of Attorney General Jeff Sessions. U.S.-North Korea stalemate threatens nuclear disarmament deal. U.S. freezes military aid to Pakistan, citing inadequate action on militants.

IMMIGRATION

Companies say President Trump is hurting business by limiting legal immigration (NYT).

Immigrants, fearing a crackdown from the Trump Administration, are dropping out of nutrition programs (Politico).

CIVIL RIGHTS

The Justice Department is redefining whose civil rights to protect (NYT).

Social security numbers and other information were inadvertently made public by a government transparency website during a systems upgrade (The Hill).

DEMOCRACY

GOP leaders scramble to avoid pre-Election Day shutdown (Politico).

A State Department unit created to fight foreign election interference is still waiting for funding (The Hill).

Democrats, eyeing a majority, are preparing hearings, subpoenas, and investigations into nearly every corner of the Trump Administration, writes Nicholas Fandos at the New York Times.

JUSTICE AND SAFETY

U.S.-North Korea stalemate threatens nuclear disarmament deal (WSJ).

U.S. freezes military aid to Pakistan, citing inadequate action on militants (WSJ).

• Pakistan prepares for a meeting with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo this week following the aid cut (The Hill).  

REGULATION

President Trump rolls back worker safety rules (Politico).

President Trump criticizes union leader on Labor Day (WaPo).

Workers are under attack from and by GOP politics, write Mark Pocan and Jan Schakowsky at The Hill.

Federal workers brace for new push on anti-labor goals (NYT).

President Trump is to test high-pressure negotiating style as U.S.-Canada NAFTA talks resume (WSJ).

Lawmakers are set to start tech industry hearings (WSJ).

• House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy is leading the charge against Silicon Valley, writes Melanie Zanona at The Hill.

RULE OF LAW

President Trump renews his criticism of Attorney General Jeff Sessions (WSJ).

• Republican senator rebukes President Trump’s criticism of AG Sessions (The Hill).

CHECKS AND BALANCES

If confirmed as a Supreme Court Justice, Brett Kavanaugh would swing the Court sharply to the right, writes Adam Liptak at the New York Times.

Democrats’ view of Kavanaugh is shaped by his 2004 judicial nomination hearing for federal court, writes Michael Kranish at the Washington Post.

Kavanaugh signals skepticism over the GOP’s latest bid to repeal Obamacare (LA Times).