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NEW ORLEANS — Moving companies looking for answers from military leaders about a controversial $20 billion contract to move military families were left wanting more.

WASHINGTON ­— The country’s top trucking regulator would receive nearly $1 billion under a fiscal 2025 budget request the White House recently delivered to Congress.

Amid a nationwide security crackdown, the U.S. Postal Service has made changes to its collection boxes, adding electronic locking mechanisms that make it harder to access mail receptacles.

Legislation meant to assist with the country’s response to the fentanyl addiction crisis was recently approved by Congress, a move celebrated by American Trucking Associations.

A five-year update of federal pipeline safety operations was recently approved by a subcommittee in the U.S. House of Representatives.

OMAHA, Neb. — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has reiterated his concerns about railroad safety and scolded the industry for not doing more to improve.

President Joe Biden pledged to look into a petition from a group of unions asking his administration to review China’s subsidies for shipbuilders.

Disruptions on the world’s major trade routes, refinery closures and resurgent demand are pushing up global fuel prices in the run-up to a U.S. presidential election.

The Biden administration is rolling out its plan for deploying electric vehicle charging and hydrogen fueling infrastructure on the nation’s freight corridors.

The nation’s first all-electric tugboat has docked at the Port of San Diego and expects to begin emissions-free operations in about a month.