Regulators will decide whether a merger of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern would improve shipment times or stifle competition. A decision is expected in 2027.
If the merger between Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern goes through, it would put about 40 percent of the nation’s rail freight in the hands of one railroad.
The Transportation Department said the new rules were intended to make roads safer, but there’s no data to suggest that immigrants cause more truck accidents.
The U.S. seizure of a vessel off Venezuela is likely to squeeze the country’s government, but do little to counter the tankers that secretively move oil from sanctioned countries.
Few American are becoming mariners today, but demand could soon rise because President Trump and a bipartisan group of legislators in Congress want to revitalize the American shipbuilding industry.
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