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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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94-Year-Old Seeks Guinness Record as Oldest Trucker
Orrin Asmus doesn’t use a routing software, doesn’t even own a computer, and he only carries a basic cellphone — no bells and whistles.“I never have had a GPS. That's what they make roadmaps for — to show you how to get there. The cellphones are great because you call…
US Army to end experimental drone battalion in Europe
The Army is ending an experiment with a dedicated drone battalion less than a year after tasking the infantry unit to test how such a formation could operate, an Army official said on Thursday.In November 2025, U.S. Army Europe and Africa, in collaboration with the Department of the Army and…
Thousands of soldiers now roam Washington’s streets. They seldom stop crime.
Well past midnight one day this spring, three police officers pulled up to a nightclub where a man was stomping on a young woman lying on the sidewalk.The officers stopped the attack and arrested him, according to a police report. It was the kind of assault police might encounter on…
Hundreds of US military family members trapped at camp facing closure, group says
Sean Jamshidi was a U.S. Marine Corps gunnery sergeant who served in some of the service’s most prized roles, including as an embassy security guard detachment commander and in psychological operations. But he feels helpless now to aid his brother, who worked for the U.S. government during the war in…
FMCSA, states trade blows over feds’ access to 17M CDL records
The U.S. Department of Transportation this week laid out its argument in federal court against states that requested a temporary restraining order blocking the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration from immediately obtaining some 17 million driver records. The records are housed in the Commercial Driver’s License Information System (CDLIS) database. The latest…
Google now in the large-truck routing game | Truck tonnage down: ATA
Freight tonnage gives back most of June gainsTrucking activity in the United States decreased 1% in July after rising 1.5% in June, according to the American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index. "Tonnage levels have been choppy recently, and this trend was reflected in July’s decline,” said ATA Chief…