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Transport Topics government and regulatory coverage keeps managers of a highly-regulated industry aware of the policy decisions that can shape their businesses. Covering both the legislative and regulatory aspects of policy-making, at both the state and national levels, the news in this category includes looks at infrastructure, hours of service, emissions rules, funding measures, leadership appointments, and more. Readers can follow what’s happening in Congress, at the Department of Transportation and the Federal Motor Carrier Administration, and in state and local governments.

GovernmentBusiness

Top US, Chinese Officials Pledge Cooperation on Trade Deal

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer held a video call with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng on Dec. 5, according to China’s state-run news agency Xinhua. 

December 5, 2025
GovernmentBusinessEquipment

First Brands Flails as Customers Don’t Know Who to Pay

First Brands is asking the judge overseeing its bankruptcy to set up a framework that will give comfort to clients that they can send money to the company without risk of double payment.

December 5, 2025
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyFuel

NEVI Funds Available Again for EV Charging Networks

Dollars from the $5 billion infrastructure program that Joe Biden’s White House crafted to speed EV adoption are flowing again after the Trump administration froze the funds earlier this year.

December 5, 2025
GovernmentBusiness

Inflation Indicator Eases Path to Interest Rate Cut

The data shows that inflation was muted in September and will bolster the case for a cut to the Fed’s key interest rate at its next meeting Dec. 9-10.

December 5, 2025
GovernmentBusinessSafety

Minnesota Catches FMCSA Heat for Non-Domiciled CDLs

“Our audit exposes yet another example of foreigners taking advantage of Minnesota services under Governor Walz’s watch,” Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said.

December 5, 2025
GovernmentBusinessLogisticsGlobal Freight

Dow's Transportation Average Blazes 9-Day Winning Streak

Equity traders looking for signs that a blistering stock market advance is set to continue may take their cue from the companies that move goods across America’s roads, rails and waterways.

December 5, 2025
Government

Fiscal 2026 Funding Bill Stuck in Congressional Negotiations

With less than a month before the end of the calendar year, congressional leaders have not announced a path forward for approving a fiscal 2026 transportation funding measure.

December 4, 2025
GovernmentBusinessFuel

Biofuel Producers Ask Trump For Year-Round E15 Sales

The American Petroleum Institute joined a coalition of biofuel producers and fuel retailers asking President Donald Trump to push Congress to develop legislation on the issue.

December 4, 2025
GovernmentBusinessSafety

Lawsuit Abuse Strains Trucking Industry

New research from ATRI examines the impact of tort litigation industrywide as well as myriad factors that were found to contribute to the outcomes of high-profile court cases.

December 4, 2025
GovernmentBusinessLogisticsTCA

Texas DOT Studies New Interstate From Gulf Coast to Panhandle

The upgrade would deliver “significant statewide benefits,” including faster travel times, safer roads and more efficiency for commercial freight carriers, the feasability study says.

December 4, 2025