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Trucking Safety Chief to Newsmax: CDL Rules About Safety, Not Immigration
4+ hour, 40+ min ago (542+ words) By Jim Morley "|" Thursday, 12 March 2026 11:22 AM EDT Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Administrator (FMCSA) Derek Barrs said Thursday that new scrutiny over commercial driver's licenses should be viewed as a roadway safety matter rather than an immigration debate. Appearing on…...
Trucking Group to Newsmax: Sec. Duffy Will Find Many More Problems
3+ week, 6+ hour ago (509+ words) By Jim Morley "|" Thursday, 19 February 2026 10:51 AM EST Executive Vice President of the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, Lewie Pugh, praised Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy's crackdown on fraudulent commercial driver's license (CDL) schools during a Thursday appearance on Newsmax's "Wake Up America,""calling…...
Federal Audit Puts Ill. CDL Program Under Scrutiny
3+ week, 19+ hour ago (522+ words) By Jim Thomas "|" Wednesday, 18 February 2026 09:06 PM EST A federal audit found that nearly one in five of the non-domiciled commercial driver's licenses reviewed in Illinois were issued in violation of federal requirements, prompting the U.S. Transportation Department to give the state…...
Duffy Moves to Brake Over 550 Truck Driving Schools
3+ week, 22+ hour ago (632+ words) JOSH FUNK Wednesday, 18 February 2026 05:14 PM EST More than 550 commercial driving schools in the U.S. that train truckers and bus drivers must close after investigators found they employed unqualified instructors, failed to adequately test students, and had other safety issues, the Transportation…...
Bloomberg: Trump Weighs Quitting USMCA Trade Pact
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (83+ words) Bloomberg: Trump Weighs Quitting USMCA Trade Pact'Newsmax Bloomberg: Trump Weighs Quitting USMCA Trade Pact Wednesday, 11 February 2026 07:42 AM EST President Donald Trump is privately musing about exiting the North American trade pact, injecting further uncertainty about the deal's future into pivotal…...
Fla. AG to Newsmax: Know English If You Drive Dangerous Vehicle
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (256+ words) By Sam Barron "|" Thursday, 05 February 2026 08:58 PM EST Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier told Newsmax on Thursday it is paramount that drivers know English following a series of deadly crashes. Starting Friday, tests to obtain a driver's license in the Sunshine…...
How Lego Got Swept up in US-Mexico Trade Frictions
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (649+ words) by Yussel GONZALEZ Saturday, 31 January 2026 05:46 PM EST Manufacturing a Barbie or a Lego brick requires large quantities of plastic, much of which comes from China, the world's largest producer of the material. So when Mexico hiked tariffs on the Asian…...
Newsom Defies Trump Administration, Extends Migrant Trucker Licenses
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (332+ words) By Newsmax Wires "|" Monday, 05 January 2026 03:16 PM EST California Gov. Gavin Newsom is drawing sharp criticism after his administration extended thousands of commercial truck-driving licenses for foreign nationals flagged in a federal audit, defying the Trump administration's demand that the permits…...
Oysters, Crab & $400K of Lobster Stolen in New England
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (418+ words) HOLLY RAMER Wednesday, 31 December 2025 09:07 AM EST Forty-thousand oysters, lobster worth $400,000 and a cache of crabmeat all were stolen in separate incidents within weeks of each other in New England. The first seafood vanished on Nov. 22 in Falmouth, Maine, where authorities…...
Arizona Ranchers Hail Trump Border Crackdown
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (449+ words) By Newsmax Wires "|" Sunday, 28 December 2025 08:58 AM EST Arizona ranchers along the southern border say a dramatic drop in illegal crossings since President Donald Trump returned to office has brought long-awaited relief after years of cartel activity and drug trafficking, The…...