Technology/Transportation

Transportation Secretary Threatens $160 Million Cut to California Over Licenses for Undocumented Immigrants🔥90

•The move targets highway safety programs and other state-funded transportation projects.
•Duffy accused California of violating federal law by issuing commercial driver’s licenses to undocumented immigrants.
•The dispute follows a fatal California crash involving a driver without legal status who held a commercial license.
•Federal rules prohibit issuing commercial licenses to individuals not legally present in the U.S.
•Since 2015, California has issued about 1.2 million driver’s licenses to undocumented residents under AB 60.

•The yacht, valued at approximately \$940,000, had just arrived from Istanbul.
•Video shows the vessel tilting and submerging within 15 minutes of entering the water.
•Onboard were the owner, the captain, and two crew members.
•All four jumped into the sea and swam to safety without injuries.

•Victims identified as Herby Dufresne, 30; Faniola Joseph, 27; and Rodrigue Dor, 53
•Collision occurred in St. Lucie County when minivan struck an 18-wheeler
•Truck driver Harjinder Singh, 28, attempted illegal U-turn on Florida Turnpike
•Impact left minivan partially wedged beneath the tractor-trailer

•Quebec-based Lion Electric, a major supplier, filed for bankruptcy and stopped providing maintenance or honoring warranties.
•Lion Electric had received \$159 million in federal funding to produce 435 buses between 2022 and 2024.
•In Michigan’s Homer Community School District, seven Lion buses bought with \$2.8 million in grants are becoming unsustainable to maintain.
•A Louisiana district with 14 Lion buses also struggles to find repair providers.

•Previous ATSA “best-qualified” threshold lowered in 2023 led to 30% trainee washout rate.
•New tiers: Best-qualified (90%+), Well-qualified (85–89%), Qualified (70–84%), Not referred (<70%).
•Top scorers (90%+) get fast-tracked into the academy within 2 months.
•Goal to hire over 2,000 controllers in 2025 and nearly 9,000 by 2028.