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CBP Agents Enter Nation’s CDL Enforcement Efforts

U.S. Border Patrol agents have joined efforts to remove truck drivers lacking legal U.S. residency from the road, apprehending more than 170 individuals near the borders of Canada and Mexico. Read more…

TODAY’S PREMIUM CONTENT

M: THIS WEEK | T: SAFETY | W: GOVERNMENT | T: AUTONOMOUS | F: LOGISTICS

Year Ahead Will Test DOT Power to Withhold State Funds

An audit of states’ processes and procedures for granting non-domiciled commercial driver licenses and commercial learner’s permits was launched by DOT Secretary Sean Duffy in June. Read more…

A Look at the Experts Who Race to Decode Trump’s Tariffs

Customs broker Amy Magnus thought she’d seen it all, navigating regulations to import everything from lumber and bananas to circus animals and Egyptian mummies. Then 2025 hit. Read more…

NYC Proposes 14 Miles of New Truck Routes for Staten Island

The proposed redesign “balances freight movement with community well-being” by adjusting the city’s truck routes, which have remained largely unchanged since the 1970s. Read more…

Trump Muses About Ousting Powell as Fed Pick Nears

President Donald Trump has made numerous cryptic — and sometimes contradictory — remarks about his decision-making process regarding the new central bank chief. Read more…

THIS WEEK’S CARTOON: "We’re Bringing a Freight Recovery, Higher Rates and Lower Tariffs"

‘Theft Ring’ Nets $400,000 Worth of Live Lobsters

The federal Homeland Security Investigations launched an initiative dubbed “Operation Boiling Point” that looks to take down organized theft groups targeting cargo and retail supply chains. Read more…

Laredo Trucking Company Files for Chapter 11

Texas International Enterprises, a cross-border trucking and logistics company, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection amid mounting debts and a challenging freight market. Read more…

Hybrids Help Keep Automakers’ Electrification Plans Afloat

While fully electric cars and trucks made up 10% of all auto sales in the U.S. in the third quarter, another 15% of transactions were for hybrid vehicles, and analysts expect hybrid sales to continue accelerating. Read more…

How Trump Overturned Decades of US Trade Policy in 2025

President Trump’s double-digit taxes on imports from almost every country have disrupted global commerce and strained the budgets of consumers and businesses worldwide. Read more…

Chevron Tankers Deliver Venezuelan Crude to Gulf Coast

Chevron has finished discharging a cargo from the vessel Searuby and is in the process of unloading ship Canopus Voyager, according to Bloomberg tanker tracking. Read more…

Hyundai Recalls 50,000 Vehicles Over Fire Risk

Vehicles equipped with a Mobis tow hitch wiring harness are at risk because the wiring harness may have been installed incorrectly. This recall affects 2022, 2023 and 2024 model years of the Tucson SUV. Read more…

EDITOR’S PICK

Top 50 Global Freight Companies Persevere Amid Trade Shift

The world’s largest transportation and logistics providers have been operating in a highly volatile business environment this year as tariffs and shifting trade policies have altered international freight flows. Read more…

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