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China Certifies Air Taxis as US Lags Behind
1+ hour, 34+ min ago (300+ words) A new Congressional Research Service (CRS) report lays out the full complexity of Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) aircraft certification, arriving as the Trump administration accelerates its push to get electric air taxis flying over American cities by 2028, and as China…...
Federal Funding Threats to U. S. Territories
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (452+ words) Legis1 Committee Examines Federal Funding Threats to Territories More than 3. 5 million Americans living in U. S. territories, Puerto Rico, Guam, the U. S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, face a compounding set of federal funding pressures that could…...
Waymo Hires Greenberg Traurig for AV Lobbying
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (710+ words) Legis1 Waymo Hires Greenberg Traurig for Autonomous Vehicle Lobbying Waymo LLC has retained Greenberg Traurig LLP as an outside lobbying firm, filing a new client registration on May 1, 2026, signed June 10. The move brings a four-person team to bear on automotive industry…...
US Struggles to Secure Critical Minerals
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (405+ words) The central tension is straightforward. The United States needs minerals that it largely does not control. And the legislative and regulatory tools for fixing that are scattered across a half-dozen agencies, multiple international bodies, and a thicket of competing definitions....
Congress Pushes Vehicle Emissions Rollbacks
6+ day, 2+ hour ago (827+ words) Congress Pushes to Lock in Vehicle Emissions Rollbacks Legis1 Congress Pushes to Lock in Vehicle Emissions Rollbacks The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment held a Clean Air Act hearing on June 3, examining ten bills that would roll back vehicle…...
Senate Grills Highway Funding EV Grant Delays
6+ day, 23+ hour ago (892+ words) Senate Grills Highway Funding Delays Over EV Grants Legis1 Senate Grills Highway Funding Delays Over EV Grants The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee's highway funding hearing on June 3 exposed a sharp divide over whether the Trump administration is faithfully implementing…...
Congressional Oversight of AV Safety Gaps
1+ week, 3+ day ago (364+ words) A Reuters investigation published May 28 found that Tesla's Full Self-Driving safety data relies on flawed methodology and that internal AI trainers said they would not ride in a Tesla robotaxi, just 12 days before the Senate Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Surface…...
Highway Funding Expires September 2026
1+ week, 5+ day ago (386+ words) Congress began passing multiyear surface transportation authorization acts in 1978, consolidating what had previously been separate highway and public transportation bills. Since then, nine major multiyear authorizations have been enacted, and the data compiled in this CRS report reveals that the…...
Highway Trust Fund Expires: Infrastructure Crisis
1+ week, 5+ day ago (889+ words) Legis1 Highway Trust Fund Expires: Infrastructure Funding at Crossroads The Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee's Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) FY2027 budget hearing arrives at a consequential moment for American infrastructure. The Highway Trust Fund's (HTF) spending authorizations expire at the…...
Congress Fights to Save Vehicle Emission Standards
1+ week, 6+ day ago (388+ words) Mobile sources like cars, trucks, buses, and locomotives are among the largest contributors to air pollution in the United States. How Congress rewrites the rules governing them will shape air quality, public health, and the competitive landscape for automakers and…...