A group of men were able to rob a Tennessee gas station of several hundred dollars worth of merchandise by waving their pet pythons around.  The robbery occurred earlier this week at a Citgo Truck and Auto Plaza in Denmark, Tennessee. According to WDTN 2 News, truck stop employee Mayur Raval and his brother were working ...more

A Connecticut trucker pleaded guilty in connection with a years-long scheme to fraudulently obtain government benefits. On February 24, 2025, Hartford resident Ricardo Santiago, 59, pleaded guilty to guilty to one count of wire fraud in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut.According to the U.S. Department of Transportation-Office of Inspector General, Santiago ...more

A sign marks the international boundary between Canada and the United States in Blaine, Wash. (David Ryder/Bloomberg) Canada announced new 25% counter-tariffs on about C$30 billion ($20.8 billion) of U.S.-made items after the Trump administration went ahead with global levies on imports of steel and aluminum. The retaliatory measures will target U.S. steel and aluminum ...more

A shopper checks eggs at a grocery store in Glenview, Ill. (Nam Y. Huh/AP/File) WASHINGTON — U.S. inflation slowed last month for the first time since September even as additional tariffs on steel and aluminum that kicked in March 12 threaten to send prices higher. The consumer price index increased 2.8% in February from a ...more

(Mikael Sjoberg/Bloomberg News) Northvolt AB filed for bankruptcy in Sweden, bringing to an end a company that was once seen as the future of Europe’s battery production. The Swedish supplier for electric vehicle manufacturers will see its business and assets sold by a court-appointed trustee, according to a statement on March 12. It had already ...more

EU flags in front of the European Commission. (Mlenny/Getty Images) BRUSSELS — The European Union on March 12 announced retaliatory trade action with new duties on U.S. industrial and farm products, responding within hours to the Trump administration’s increase in tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports to 25%. The world’s biggest trading bloc was ...more

Spools of steel in the yard at an ArcelorMittal Dofasco facility in Hamilton, Ontario, on March 11. (Cole Burston/Bloomberg) WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump officially increased tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports to 25% on March 12, promising that the taxes would help create U.S. factory jobs at a time when his seesawing tariff ...more

From left: ATA's Mike Tunnell, California Trucking Association's Nick Chiappe, Daimler Truck's Alissa Recker, Penske Truck Leasing's Matt DeVirgilis and Sonar Systems' Greg Colvin. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics) NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The uncertain nature and complexity continues to create confusion regarding the environmental regulatory climate for truckers in California. While a new administration ...more

Trucking manufacturers have been working to meet upcoming model year 2027 emissions regulations. (WendellandCarolyn/Getty Images) The Trump administration is launching a sweeping overhaul of U.S. environmental mandates in a campaign it billed as the “biggest deregulatory action” of its kind in U.S. history. The Environmental Protection Agency said March 12 that it will “reconsider” a ...more

TMC General Chairman Amanda Schuier honors Jack Vander Giessen of Cummins-Meritor. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics) NASHVILLE, Tenn. — American Trucking Associations’ Technology & Maintenance Council honored five professionals with its Silver Spark Plug award during a conference March 10. The Silver Spark Plug is the highest honor bestowed by the council and was ...more