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New legislation would criminalize all staged crashes at federal level
Bill intro’d in House to criminalize all staged-accident fraudAfter legislation was introduced in both chambers of Congress this year and last that would make intentionally staging an accident with a commercial motor vehicle a federal crime, a new bill takes that a step farther, making any staged accident a federal crime.The “Stop Auto Fraud Act of 2026” was introduced in…
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New legislation would criminalize all staged crashes at federal level
Bill intro’d in House to criminalize all staged-accident fraudAfter legislation was introduced in both chambers of Congress this year and last that would make intentionally staging an accident with a commercial motor vehicle a federal crime, a new bill takes that a step farther, making any staged accident a federal…
Vance: US probing airstrike that Iran says hit a wedding party
U.S. Vice President JD Vance on Thursday said the United States is investigating an airstrike that Iran says struck a wedding party in Iran.“We’re investigating it because obviously we care. We want to know,” Vance told reporters during a White House press briefing.“If we do make mistakes, again, this is…
US Army launches laser production with $465M contract award
The U.S. Army awarded a $464.8 million production contract to AeroVironment, Inc., this week for the Enduring-High Energy Laser program (E-HEL), marking the first production contract for a directed energy system in the U.S. military’s history, the company stated in a release Wednesday.Rather than deploying missiles to shoot down unmanned…
FMCSA proposes removing nation’s biggest CDL schools amid crackdown
As the White House touts taking "over 2,000 fraudulent CDL mills out of business," some of the nation's biggest CDL schools have been issued a notice of proposed removal from the Training Provider Registry.Those include 144 locations of 160 Driving Academy, a nationwide chain of CDL schools with more than…
Iran war escalation raises concern over civilian death toll
The sudden recent escalation of the Iran war has cast renewed attention on its civilian toll after Iran reported 18 dead in the last U.S. assault, including four killed and dozens wounded at a wedding.Iran’s health minister said 18 people were killed and 108 wounded in Tuesday night’s U.S. strikes…
Secretary Duffy calls out ELD cheats for driving down rates
Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy called out electronic logging device cheaters during the recent announcement of ways the department is teaming up with Homeland Security and state prosecutors to punish more fraudsters. But first, he again dismissed the idea of a driver shortage. After the press conference, where he announced the…