Start your day with the latest breaking Military, Army, Trucking, and Transportation news.
News
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…
More Stories
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…
C.H. Robinson verdict: Blame jury and judge, not ‘ambulance chasers’
I was a federal prosecutor for 27 years and a defense attorney for five. Tired of the law, I obtained my commercial driver’s license and ended up owning and operating seven trucks. I take exception with the recent “Blame the ambulance chasers” opinion that singles out attorneys for responsibility for the…
US launches new barrage of strikes on Iran around Strait of Hormuz
The U.S. launched new air strikes on Iranian targets on Tuesday, quashing hopes that an exchange of fire last weekend might not lead to a wider renewal of hostilities.Oil prices had already risen after that first exchange of direct attacks since July and after reports of two tankers being hit…
Is a real diesel shortage brewing?
The broad risk landscape when it comes to factors influencing big decision-making at trucking companies large and small is always pretty tough to pin down. But with war in Iran, an administration with a particular focus on dominating the news cycle, and the big shift to annual renegotiation of the…
Where the Pentagon can’t go, a small nonprofit searches for America’s war dead
Editor’s note: This article first appeared on The War Horse, an award-winning nonprofit news organization educating the public on military service. Subscribe to their newsletter.The four Filipino archaeologists knelt shoulder to shoulder in a trench only slightly larger than a toddler’s sandbox, shaving away paper-thin layers of earth and filling…
American Rheinmetall delivers its first prototype to replace Bradley Fighting Vehicle
American Rheinmetall delivered the first Lynx XM30 prototype to the Army this week, the company said in a Tuesday statement, the latest move in the service’s yearslong effort to replace the M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle.The vehicle is slated to start testing, while seven additional prototypes are scheduled for delivery later…