(Nati Harnik/AP/File) The U.S. Postal Service has selected FedEx Corp. board member David Steiner to be the country’s next postmaster general, the agency announced May 9. Steiner, 65, was selected by the USPS board of governors to succeed former Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, who resigned in March. Current Acting Postmaster General Doug Tulino will now ...more

The lawsuit claims FHWA is withholding billions of dollars in states’ NEVI funds for fiscal years 2022 through 2025. (Voltera) A consortium of 16 states is suing the Federal Highway Administration over the Trump administration’s termination of $1 billion in previously approved federal grants allocated for construction of electric vehicle charging infrastructure. The group — ...more

(Bot Auto) HOUSTON — Bot Auto, which plans to bring autonomous trucks to Texas highways, presented the company’s technology and trucks to local transportation and law enforcement agencies on May 8 at the Houston TranStar building. Bot Auto has completed fully autonomous testing between Houston and San Antonio since last fall. The company plans to ...more

“It’s a very different political environment for trucking,” Lydia Vieth said. (Bilanol/Getty Images) The Environmental Protection Agency is reconsidering regulations including its Greenhouse Gas Phase 3 rule and has asked Congress to review waivers it has granted to California allowing that state to set its own emission standards. Now, the trucking industry is waiting to ...more

A cargo train moves past new cars waiting for shipment in a port in Yantai in east China's Shandong province on May 7. (Chinatopix via AP) China’s exports to the United States tumbled in April while its trade with other economies surged, suggesting that President Donald Trump’s tariffs offensive is hastening a shakeup in global ...more

(Casper Hedberg/Bloomberg) Volvo Treasury AB is selling a five-year, $563 million bond on May 9, as automaker-related notes hit the market amid the looming risk of tariffs. The subsidiary of commercial vehicle manufacturer Volvo AB is offering a spread of around 120 basis points above mid-swaps at initial price thoughts, according to a person familiar ...more

Top U.S. officials are set to meet with a high-level Chinese delegation in Switzerland. (cbarnesphotography/Getty Images) WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on May 9 floated cutting tariffs on China from 145% to 80% ahead of a weekend meeting among top U.S. and Chinese trade officials as he looks to de-escalate the trade war. Top U.S. ...more

Hub Group's Intermodal and Transportation Solutions segment revenue decreased 4% to $530 million from $552 million in Q1 2024. (Hub Group) Hub Group kept its earnings almost perfectly steady year over year despite revenue declining during the first quarter of 2025, the company reported May 8. The Oak Brook, Ill.-based intermodal and logistics service provider ...more

The memo also asks agencies to work with the White House’s legislative affairs office to consider whether to pursue the repeal or revision of the Energy Policy Act of 1992. (Al Drago/Bloomberg) President Donald Trump is expected to sign a trio of new executive actions on May 9 designed to reduce the impact of regulations ...more

(CatLane/Getty Images) There are mounting concerns that the $17.9 billion military Global Household Goods contract is falling short of its goals, notably by transferring large numbers of military moves away from the “single-point-of-contact” contractor central to the program and back to the military’s legacy moving program that the new system was intended to replace. Three ...more