The Republican-controlled House overwhelmingly passed annual funding measures Jan. 22, reversing some of Donald Trump’s most controversial federal spending cuts.

Waymo started offering its robotaxi service in Miami to the public Jan. 22, the first of around a dozen cities where the Alphabet company plans to launch this year.

U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick dismissed as “political noise” the moves in recent days by Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney to strengthen trade relations with China.

The Trump administration is canceling almost $30 billion of financing from the Energy Department’s green bank after reviewing transactions approved under former President Joe Biden.

Tesla shed by far most new-car buyers in California last year, showing how the electric-vehicle maker is losing ground in one of the world’s largest EV markets.

Tesla is beginning to offer actual robotaxi rides in Austin, a milestone for the carmaker that launched a service seven months ago with vehicles that have relied on human supervisors.

European Union lawmakers are expected to vote on ratifying the bloc’s trade deal with the U.S., restarting the process after President Donald Trump walked back his latest threat.

California adopted updated regulations for the California Highway Patrol to follow, including a language-proficiency mandate that aligns with a USDOT standard that was revived last year.

Consumer prices rose 2.8% in November from a year earlier, the Commerce Department said Jan. 22, up from a 2.7% annual pace in October. Excluding food and energy, core prices also increased 2.8%.

 ATA President Chris Spear again called on congressional policymakers to tackle growing concerns linked to fraudulent CDL mills during Capitol Hill testimony Jan. 21.

Freight tonnage remained constrained with a slight sequential improvement in December, failing to overcome its generally lower levels, American Trucking Associations reported Jan. 20.

U.S. Class 8 retail truck sales capped off what has been a generally down year with a sequential boost in December, according to data from Omdia Automotive.

The Detroit-based manufacturer also said it will likely end output of its all-electric Chevrolet Bolt that’s built in the Kansas plant in about a year and a half.

As a government funding deadline looms, congressional leaders are expected to schedule consideration of a fiscal 2026 transportation bill that includes $200 million for truck parking.

In a document posted to the STB’s website Jan. 16, the agency said Union Pacific’s application to acquire Norfolk Southern was rejected, but it could be revised and refiled.

Physical and financial security have been among the top concerns companies have said they want addressed before agreeing to invest in Venezuela.

GDP rose at a 4.4% annual pace in the third quarter, the Commerce Department reported Jan. 22, up from 3.8% in the April-June quarter and from the 4.3% growth the department initially estimated.

The United States has imposed a 15% tariff on most imports from Japan. Another concern is the impact on Japanese manufacturing, including automakers, from China’s curbs on exports of rare earths.

Venture Global won a dispute with Spain’s Repsol involving the sale of liquefied natural gas shipments from its export plant in Louisiana. 

U.S. natural gas futures rocketed to the highest price since 2022, as frigid weather sweeps across major markets for the heating fuel and forces traders to cover bearish positions.