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A stockbroker turned FBI informant who tipped off investigators to the Pilot Flying J fraudulent diesel rebate scheme has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to grant him whistleblower status.

Groups representing business executives, manufacturers and private investors joined forces this month to draw attention to the hundreds of infrastructure projects governors would like the Trump administration to fund in a long-term plan.

Scott Pruitt, Oklahoma’s attorney general, was confirmed by the Senate on Feb. 17 to lead the Environmental Protection Agency.

While U.S. President Donald Trump has forced the idea of renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement,  some experts agree that an upgrade is welcome for the pact that took effect in 1994 — the year pop idol Justin Bieber was born and the movie “Forrest Gump” was released.

Oregon’s budget deficit is approaching $2 billion at the same time that its Department of Transportation says it needs another $545 million a year just to maintain the state’s roads and bridges.

It’s one point of agreement in a politically polarized government: U.S. highways, bridges and airports are in need of repair and rehabilitation.

WASHINGTON — A disruption of trade agreements with Mexico has the potential of hindering the country’s flow of products with its southern neighbor, freight executives told a Senate panel Feb. 15.

President Donald Trump on Feb. 16 named Florida International University law school dean R. Alexander Acosta as his nominee to head the U.S. Department of Labor.

A coalition of at least 16 House Democrats, led by Oregon’s Peter DeFazio, said Feb. 16 it will file a “Blueprint for America’s New Trade Policy,” urging President Trump to fulfill his campaign promises and negotiate a thorough overhaul of the North American Free Trade Agreement or withdraw from the 1994 agreement.