🎣 DOT Drops the Hammer
Plus: Supreme Court tariff ruling is pending, private equity buys 90-year-old Dart, U.S. Bank, DAT launch rates report
Our trip to San Francisco started with a DM. TruckSmarter’s CEO, Daniel Kao, asked us to partner on their biggest launch yet, a driver-first product backed by $16M in fresh investment.
Plus: backlash over carrier safety rankings, the Port of LA’s push toward 10M TEUs, states expanding ICE enforcement, and more in today’s newsletter.
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