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FMCSA has not designed sufficient controls to help ensure that complaints posted on the agency’s database website are reviewed, according to a Government Accountability Office report.

President Joe Biden joined United Auto Workers strikers on the picket line in Michigan Sept. 26 in a show of support for organized labor apparently unparalleled in presidential history.

The Federal Trade Commission sued Amazon.com Inc. in a long-anticipated antitrust case, accusing the e-commerce giant of monopolizing online marketplace services.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sept. 22 vetoed a bill that for five years would have banned autonomous trucks from being tested on public roads in the state without drivers in the cab.

For the first time in 14 years, travelers will pay more on the New York State Thruway starting in January followed by another rate hike in 2027 due to revenue needs for aging infrastructure.

A group of senators is renewing calls for a floor vote on legislation meant to improve safety across freight rail networks.

Moderate Republicans are working with Democrats on a rarely used procedure to shorten a near-certain U.S. government shutdown and protect themselves from the anticipated backlash.

Ford Motor Co. is halting construction of a $3.5 billion battery plant in Michigan that drew scrutiny from Republican lawmakers for its ties to a Chinese battery maker.

The national average diesel price paused from its recent surge, falling back 4.7 cents to settle at $4.586 a gallon, according to Energy Information Administration data released Sept. 25.

WASHINGTON — When the clock strikes midnight Oct. 1, the federal government is bound to experience a partial shutdown if Congress doesn’t sign off on legislation that would do otherwise.