On Friday, September 26, 2025, the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced an emergency interim final rule to address what ...
The court’s stay centers on its view that FMCSA likely violated a statutory requirement to consult states before tightening non-domiciled CDL eligibility. Judges questioned FMCSA’s safety rationale, ...
FMCSA does not track crash attribution by citizenship, immigration status, or whether a driver holds a non-domiciled CDL. (Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves) The debate over non-domiciled CDL holders — ...
USPS said Jan. 5 it will cut ties with contracted drivers holding non-domiciled CDLs unless approved through new vetting by the Postal Inspection Service. The agency said the move adds a safety layer ...
Update: On November 10, 2025, the D.C. Court of Appeals ordered the non-domiciled CDL Interim Final Rule paused for further deliberation of the case discussed in this story. Find more about that pause ...
California's years of documented CDL fraud, enforcement failures, and defiance of federal regulations finally caught up with it. Today's $160 million funding cut for non-domiciled CDL violations, ...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Monday decided on a lawsuit seeking to block DOT’s emergency final rulemaking that sought to strip 200,000 non-citizens of ...
Construction contractors are able to increase the number of drivers and techs that can run fuel and lube operations thanks to trailers that don't require a CDL to pull. How some lube trucks avoid CDL ...