Trump Shifts Tariff Start to Aug. 1 as Deal Deadline Looms
President Donald Trump in April. (Alex Brandon/AP) President Donald Trump plans to announce trade deals and deliver tariff warnings July 7, as countries negotiated through the weekend to avoid the highest punitive measures on their exports to the U.S. before a July 9 deadline. The timeline for the talks appeared ...more
The Raleigh County Sheriff’s Office (RCSO) is investigating a double fatality semi truck crash that occurred this week on Sandstone ...more
Police are writing tickets to truckers in Putnam County, Indiana, for following GPS devices onto a restricted roadway. Twice this ...more
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has denied an age-related regulation exemption request from a high school located in ...more
GOP Pushes ‘Big Beautiful’ Budget Toward Summer Vote
Priorities for Republicans during the reconciliation legislative process include border security and immigration enforcement, and military defense weapons systems. (Mikhail ...more
Bendix Offers Voluntary Job Reductions, Citing Tariffs
(McKinley Wiley/The Dark Room Co.) AVON, Ohio — Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems is offering voluntary layoffs, citing a sharp slowdown ...more
Ryder Q1 Profit Rises 15.3% on Higher Contract Revenue
Winning praise from analysts considering the weak freight environment, Ryder reported comparable earnings per share from continuing operations of $2.46, ...more
Nikola Founder Trevor Milton Receives Full Pardon From Trump
Milton arrives at court for sentencing in December 2023. (Yuki Iwamura/Bloomberg News) Trevor Milton, the ...more
NTSB Identifies 68 At-Risk Bridges in 19 States
The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco is among 34 vulnerable bridges identified as “critical ...more
Walmart Invests $6 Billion in Mexico Even as Economy Slows
A Walmart store in Mexico City. (Alejandro Cegarra/Bloomberg News) Walmart de Mexico SAB (Walmex), the ...more
VTNA to Lay Off Up to 350 Employees at Virginia Plant
Production at Volvo Trucks North America's New River Valley assembly plant in Dublin, Va. It ...more
Trump, Carney Talk, Plan Meeting After Canada’s Election
Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks with media in Ottawa on March 27. (Adrian Wyld/The ...more
Georgia Passes Third-Party Lawsuit Financing Measure
A view of the Georgia state capitol. The third-party legislation, passed by the House and ...more
A pickup truck landed upside down underneath a crashed tractor trailer after both vehicles tumbled ...more
This week, video safety and telematics company Lytx Inc. debuted a new geofencing feature in ...more
New EV Models Drive Up North American Factory Production
A VW ID.4 electric vehicle maneuvered into a storage bay inside an Autostadt delivery tower ...more
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released findings from an investigation into a 2023 fatal ...more
Motorist’s driver-swap causes collision with big rig
A motorist’s attempt to switch places with a passenger is responsible for a collision with ...more
Autonomous Truck Startup Einride Considers US IPO
Einride's autonomous truck. (Einride) Einride AB is shaking up its top management as the Swedish ...more
Container falls off truck in entrance-ramp rollover
A container ended up down an embankment after a semi truck overturned on a Florida ...more
This week, Oklahoma lawmakers passed a bill that tightens requirements for non-domiciled commercial drivers operating ...more
April Trailer Orders Down 49% Year-Over-Year
A Great Dane trailer under production. "Telematics demand has really surged as we’ve gone standard ...more
Sysco Helps Restaurants Caught in Trade War
Jeff Creswell prepares dishes featuring local ingredients for a tasting at Sysco’s test kitchen in ...more