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Pentagon wants to use AI-generated ‘personalities’ for decoy cellphones
Using fake radio signals to spoof the enemy is a common stratagem.The Department of Defense wants to take that idea one step further and wield AI-generated “personalities” to mimic real people — and fool enemy AI trying to identify patterns in friendly cellphone traffic.The goal is to mask “digital exhaust,” the metadata automatically emitted by mobile phones, such as location…
Bill to crack down on carriers that operate under inactive USDOT numbers
Lawmakers introduced new legislation intended to prevent shady trucking companies “from exploiting USDOT registration systems to illegally operate on American…
Unexpected hiring surge drives down unemployment rate for post-9/11 veterans
The unexpected surge of 162,000 jobs added to payrolls last month drove the unemployment rate for the post-9/11 generation of…
New legislation would criminalize all staged crashes at federal level
Bill intro’d in House to criminalize all staged-accident fraudAfter legislation was introduced in both chambers of Congress this year and…
Trump appoints Adam Telle as acting Army secretary
President Donald Trump said in a social media post on Thursday that he was appointing Adam Telle, assistant secretary of…
US judge orders release of woman accused of vandalism at World War II Memorial
A U.S. judge ordered on Monday the release of a Kentucky woman who was accused of vandalism at the World War II Memorial in Washington last week, court records showed.U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro, the top…
Will Truck Parking Club ever start accepting fuel stop points?
Truck Parking Club has added nearly 6,000 new truck parking locations across the United States, something met with near universal praise around trucking, but drivers still have a major bone to pick with the company.TPC…
American flags lowered to half-staff in honor of Dolly Parton
American flags at home and abroad will be lowered to half-staff for a week in honor of Dolly Parton, the legendary country singer who died Tuesday at 80 years old.President Donald Trump ordered the lowering…
Some military barracks ‘chronically neglected’ due to $285 billion in maintenance backlogs, GAO finds
The Department of Defense does not request enough funding to fully meet its installation maintenance and major improvement needs, a Government Accountability Office report found.The department sought to fund 90% of its maintenance needs, but…
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78-year-old trucker found at rest stop hours after dying outside passenger door of rig
An elderly truck driver was discovered dead on the ground outside of his rig at a rest stop in Mississippi…
Pentagon temporarily rescinds guidance on testosterone screening for US troops
The Pentagon is temporarily rescinding recently published clinical guidance for a new, mandatory testosterone-deficiency screening policy for service members aged…
Lawsuit against illegal immigrant driver & companies that hired him filed on behalf of trooper killed during roadside inspection
The family of a trooper killed during a roadside CMV inspection is filing suit against the illegal immigrant driver, freight…
Pentagon expands hormone screening guidance to include female service members
The Defense Health Agency has explicitly established a hormone-screening pathway for female service members, directing providers to screen women annually…
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FMCSA proposes removing nation’s biggest CDL schools amid crackdown
As the White House touts taking "over 2,000 fraudulent CDL mills out of business," some of the nation's biggest CDL schools have been issued a notice of proposed removal from the Training Provider Registry.Those include 144 locations of 160 Driving Academy, a nationwide chain of CDL schools with more than…
Iran war escalation raises concern over civilian death toll
The sudden recent escalation of the Iran war has cast renewed attention on its civilian toll after Iran reported 18 dead in the last U.S. assault, including four killed and dozens wounded at a wedding.Iran’s health minister said 18 people were killed and 108 wounded in Tuesday night’s U.S. strikes…
VA said electronic health record modernization would cost $10 billion — now it’s $48 billion
The Department of Veterans Affairs is nearly tripling the ceiling on its contract with Oracle to modernize the agency’s electronic health record system, yet lawmakers left a House Veterans’ Affairs Committee hearing Wednesday without clear answers about why the increase is necessary or how much taxpayers will ultimately pay.VA’s original…
US Army awards $192M to Palantir, Anduril for TITAN production
The U.S. Army moved its Tactical Intelligence Targeting Access Node (TITAN) program from prototyping to production earlier this week with a combined $192 million award to Palantir Technologies and Anduril Industries.A cornerstone of the Army’s ground system modernization effort, TITAN was designed to simplify the data-gathering process for soldiers aiming…
Sanctuary cities’ CDL policies at forefront of Tuesday’s House Judiciary hearing
Serious traffic accidents involving illegal immigrants with commercial drivers licenses were at the forefront of a House Judiciary hearing covering the dangers of sanctuary cities this week. The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement held the hearing on Tuesday, September 1st at 10 a.m. The hearing was titled “Sanctuary…
PBR still looking for two loads of stolen beer after fraudulent subcontracted trucking companies snag the loads
Pabst Brewing Co. is still looking for about $70,000 worth of stolen PBR after fraudulent practices by subcontracted trucking companies made the theft possible. The 1,602 cases of beer were stolen in two separate incidents on August 17th at a Montclair, California warehouse. The first theft involved a load of beer…
Army pivots from WWII-era ammo cans toward polymer cases, 3D printing
As supply pipelines become more risky and tenuous, the Army is rolling out what it’s calling the first major revolution in ammo packaging since World War II. And, officials said, they’re looking ahead to a future where the military may be able to produce its own ammo cases at point…
Secretary Duffy calls out ELD cheats for driving down rates
Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy called out electronic logging device cheaters during the recent announcement of ways the department is teaming up with Homeland Security and state prosecutors to punish more fraudsters. But first, he again dismissed the idea of a driver shortage. After the press conference, where he announced the…