(Background) California Governor Gavin Newsom looks on at Belvedere Middle School in Los Angeles on October 8, 2025. (PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images) / (R) WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 23: U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy during a press conference on air traffic controller pay and the government shutdown at the U.S. Capitol on October 23, 2025 in Washington, DC. The shutdown enters its fourth week, becoming the second longest government shutdown in history. (Photo by Eric Lee/Getty Images)

Transportation Secy. Duffy slams Calif. for issuing CDL to illegal alien before fatal crash: ‘Newsom didn’t follow guidance, now 3 people are dead’

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy criticized California and specifically its Democrat governor, Gavin Newsom, for permitting the state to issue Commercial Driver’s Licenses (CDLs) to illegal aliens, following another deadly crash involving a non-citizen driver from India that claimed three lives on Tuesday.

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CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - AUGUST 17: A Chicago Transit Authority Pink Line elevated train rolls over the 10-foot-tall security perimeter fence around the the United Center ahead of the next week's Democratic National Convention on August 17, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. The convention will be held in Chicago on August 19-22. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump admin freezes $2.1B in Chicago transportation infrastructure funding to investigate ‘race-based contracting’ amid government shutdown

The Trump administration announced that it is freezing $2.1 billion in Chicago infrastructure projects to ensure the “funding is not flowing via race-based contracting,” amidst the government shutdown.

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