The Supreme Court is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 27. This is the first time Donald Trump's tariffs have gone before the nation's highest court. (Rod Lamkey Jr./Associated Press) The Supreme Court refused to put a challenge to President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on an ultrafast track. The justices on June 20 ...more
Elon Musk has made the robotaxi program a priority at Tesla, and a failure would likely be highly damaging to the company’s stock, which has already tumbled 20% this year. (Susan Walsh/Associated Press, File) NEW YORK — A group of Democratic lawmakers in Texas is asking Elon Musk to delay the planned rollout of driverless ...more
“I am excited to join GXO, a company at the forefront of the logistics industry,” Kelleher said. (GXO Logistics) GXO Logistics has finished its search for a new CEO with the appointment of Patrick Kelleher, the company announced June 20. The Greenwich, Conn.-based contract logistics provider highlighted his more than three decades of experience while ...more
(Ivan Cholakov/iStock/Getty Images) The Pentagon has terminated the multibillion-dollar Global Household Goods contract, a controversial program intended to replace a legacy military moving system that instead has been beset by complaints and widespread criticism. The cancellation of the $17.9 billion contract arrives barely a month after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called on the U.S. Transportation ...more
(QXO Inc. via Facebook) QXO Inc. won’t raise its $5 billion offer for building products distributor GMS Inc. after Home Depot Inc. reportedly made its own bid. A spokesman for QXO said June 20 that $5 billion is the company’s full offer. The Wall Street Journal reported June 19 that Home Depot had submitted a ...more
Arizona troopers uncovered hundreds of violations during a targeted enforcement effort on commercial vehicles hauling hazardous materials. According to a June 20 statement from the Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) Highway Patrol, Commercial Vehicle Enforcement troopers took part in a a week-long enforcement detail with a focus on Hazardous Materials and Hazardous Violations on ...more
Trucking residents of a Florida neighborhood at the center of a truck parking drama say that the whole case is still a “convoluted mess” nearly a year after the enforcement officially started. The enforcement of a truck parking ban that was technically always in place, but never actually implemented, in The Acreage neighborhood in Palm ...more
A county in northern California is pushing a brake fire crackdown to prevent roadside fires this summer. Placer County is stepping up efforts to prevent semi truck brake fires and the subsequent roadside fires along Interstate 80 through the Sierra this summer with a push for preventative measures. June 16th was the official beginning of ...more
An autonomous logistics and infrastructure company announced approval from the Trump Administration to kick off construction on a “megaproject” intended to streamline cross-border freight transportation between the U.S. and Mexico. On June 20, Houston-headquartered Green Corridors announced that the White House granted approval to construct, maintain, and operate an autonomous Intelligent Freight Transportation System (IFTS) ...more
Police in Arizona shared body cam video from a traffic stop on a flatbed truck that uncovered a large amount of cocaine. On June 12, the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office (YCSO) out of Prescott, Arizona, stopped a commercial flatbed truck along I-17, south of Cordes Lakes.During the traffic stop YCSO deputies discovered “several kilo-sized packages ...more
