🇺🇸 United States · Autos, Policy & regulation
15 storiesTrump signs order allowing tax-free red-dyed diesel on highways
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday temporarily allowing off-road red-dyed diesel to be used for highway driving and deferring the federal excise tax on that fuel through the end of 2026 without interest or penalties.…
Kilmar Ábrego Garcia back in court as US seeks deportation to Liberia
Kilmar Ábrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador in March 2025, was due back in federal court in Greenbelt, Maryland, on Tuesday in his fight against deportation to Liberia. The government is asking U.S…
ABC asks federal judge to block FCC early review of its broadcast licenses
ABC asked a federal judge in Washington on Tuesday to block the FCC from conducting an early review of its broadcast licenses, calling it retaliation for content President Trump dislikes. U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan did not rule immed…
Trump says he is considering suspending federal gas tax ahead of midterms
President Donald Trump said Tuesday his administration is considering suspending the federal gas tax, as pump prices remain far above last year's levels a month before the midterm elections. Any suspension would require Congress, which is n…
ABC asks federal judge to block FCC's early review of its broadcast licenses
Disney's ABC asked a federal judge in Washington, D.C. to block the FCC from conducting an early review of its broadcast licenses, arguing the proceeding was launched to retaliate over content that offended the Trump administration. The FCC…
Army study found ICE shock gloves cause pain, compliance and fear, AP reports
A previously unreleased Army study found that shock gloves now purchased by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement caused intense pain, immediate compliance and fear of further shocks during a 2024 military exercise. Records obtained by t…
Justice Department files denaturalization actions against 40 people
The U.S. Department of Justice said it filed denaturalization actions in multiple federal district courts against 40 individuals accused of serious offenses, including acting as an agent for a foreign government, voluntary manslaughter and …
Supreme Court opens new term with arguments in Boulder climate case
The Supreme Court opened its new nine-month term on Monday, Oct. 5, hearing arguments in a lawsuit by the city and county of Boulder, Colorado, that seeks to hold ExxonMobil and Suncor Energy liable for local costs of climate change. The ju…
US deports Nicaraguan torture survivor, who is jailed again in Managua
Jeffrey Jarquín, a 35-year-old Nicaraguan who was tortured after protesting against President Daniel Ortega's government, was deported from the United States last week and taken straight back to El Modelo prison in Managua, relatives and hi…
Supreme Court opens new term with climate liability case first
The U.S. Supreme Court began its new term on Monday, with more than 20 cases agreed so far, UPI reported. The first case, Suncor Energy Inc. vs. County Commissioners of Boulder County, asks whether federal law takes precedence over state la…
Supreme Court declines appeal over ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ school sweatshirt ban
The Supreme Court declined Monday to take up an appeal from two Michigan brothers who were told to remove “Let’s Go Brandon” sweatshirts at school in 2022, leaving in place a lower court ruling that the district could ban the slogan as vulg…
Lucid Q3 deliveries fall 6.7% as EV maker cuts production to match demand
Lucid Group reported 3,806 vehicle deliveries and 2,954 vehicles produced in the third quarter, with deliveries down 6.7% from 4,078 a year earlier. The all-electric automaker said it cut production to align with slower demand, and Reuters …
Texas Pediatricians Face Paxton Investigations Over Childhood Vaccines
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has opened investigations into pediatricians over childhood vaccines, accusing doctors, drug companies and insurers of conspiring to push parents into vaccinating children. A central Texas pediatrician, ide…
Laotian man deported by US to Eswatini released after more than a year in prison
Phone Chomsavanh, a Laotian citizen deported by the United States to Eswatini, was released Sunday from a maximum-security prison where he had been held for more than a year, his lawyer said. He was one of five immigrants sent to Eswatini i…
Federal judge blocks border wall construction in Texas' Big Bend region
A federal judge in Texas on Friday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from building border wall and other infrastructure across the Big Bend region, including Big Bend National Park. U.S. District Judge Kathleen Cardone said the p…