Love’s Travel Stops opened new locations in Laurel, Mont., and Albuquerque, N.M., the company announced April 2.

The sale came about because General Motors is axing its Chevrolet Silverado medium-duty line, which is assembled at the Springfield, Ohio, facility.

“President Trump, he loves to see big deals happen,” Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said during an interview on CNBC April 7. 

TMC has made understanding the role of AI a central theme of its educational programming at its 2026 Fall Meeting, scheduled for September 20-24 in Pittsburgh.

The deal would settle a 2022 lawsuit that accused the company of withholding repair software and conspiring with dealers to force farmers to use their services.

Under the proposal, motor carrier safety operations and programs would be funded at $398 million, while motor carrier safety grants would total $548 million.

The price for a barrel of benchmark U.S. crude climbed 3.9% to $116.83. Brent crude, the international standard, added 0.7% to $110.55.  

The 68% surge in crude prices since the Iran war began roughly five weeks ago is incentive enough to compel American oil executives to ramp up output.

But now that a plan to bring prices down is in motion, new challenges have emerged that threaten to blunt its impact.   

Constraints in infrastructure and supply are likely to keep U.S. oil flows well below headline capacity figures often cited at around 10 million barrels a day.

Two companion bills intended to deter cargo theft by imposing higher criminal penalties are moving through the Michigan Legislature.

Amazon has reached a new agreement with USPS, providing a lifeline to the beleaguered government agency and securing delivery for customers in rural America.

FedEx Freight incoming CEO John Smith will deliver the opening keynote in Las Vegas on May 4, weeks before the unit spins off from FedEx Corp. June 1.

President Trump said April 6 that reopening the strait was “a very big priority,” despite also saying in recent weeks that it wasn’t among the core objectives.

Freight costs for very large crude carriers have surged. That’s creating a drag on export economics even as dock and pipeline capacities remain available.

A Dallas executive helped thwart an alleged cargo theft by tracking a $240,000 load of copper apparently rerouted to California instead of Illinois.

Here's the solution to the crossword puzzle found in the April 6, 2026 print edition.

From a handheld triage tool in the cab to full 3-in-1 diagnostic platforms, Autel’s CV lineup is built to perform wherever technicians work. There’s no single profile for today’s heavy-duty technician. One works in a fleet maintenance facility managing dozens of Class 8 trucks. Another runs an independent shop handling everything from highway tractors to medium-duty vans. A third is an owner-operator doing his own inspections and trying to clear a trailer ABS code before the next run.

Scale changes the math. That’s the insight from PrePass®Mile Marker 2026: The National Bypass Impact Index, the first national benchmark for understanding how weigh station bypass affects fleet efficiency. The main insight isn’t about speed. It’s about stability and reduced disruptions