West
Duffy responds with ‘crocodile tears’ comment on banned California truck driver case
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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Tuesday doubled down on the Trump administration’s order to crack down on English proficiency standards for commercial truck drivers.
Duffy was responding to a local news report in California about an Indian citizen who drove a truck for a living but has since been banned because of new rules that restrict who is eligible for non-domiciled commercial learner’s permits (CLPs) and commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs).
The Department of Transportation (DOT) singled out California for what it called “gross negligence,” saying more than 25% of CDLs issued to noncitizens or non-permanent residents were improperly granted.
The truck driver featured in the news report spoke to a reporter in his native language, not English.
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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy touted English proficient rules for commercial truck drivers on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
“Crocodile tears for a man who has spent a decade in our country but couldn’t be bothered to learn our language,” Duffy wrote on X. “Our new rules will keep you and your family SAFE on America’s roads!”
The DOT also commented on the report.
“This driver has been in the U.S. for TEN YEARS and does not know enough English to qualify for a trucking license,” the agency wrote. “This is exactly why @SecDuffy ordered @FMCSA to crack down on English proficiency standards.”
“Do you want to drive on American roads? Being able to understand English is the BARE MINIMUM,” it added.
CONNOR WAS KILLED BY A DRIVER WHO COULDN’T READ SIGNS. MAKE TRUCKERS LEARN ENGLISH AGAIN
Sean Duffy, U.S. secretary of transportation, speaks during a news conference in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (Eric Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
A Senate bill would require prospective truck drivers to demonstrate basic English proficiency before receiving a CDL.
The legislation would codify President Donald Trump’s executive order, which similarly imposed stricter English language requirements.
The bill, introduced by Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., would establish several standards, including ensuring that truck drivers can converse with the public, understand highway traffic signs and signals in English, respond to official inquiries, and make entries on reports and records.
The issue gained attention after an illegal immigrant truck driver allegedly jackknifed his 18-wheeler while making an illegal U-turn in Florida, killing three people in August.
His limited English drew sharp scrutiny after the DOT said he failed an English Language Proficiency (ELP) assessment following the deadly crash in Fort Pierce, Florida. Singh provided correct responses to only 2 of 12 verbal questions and accurately identified just 1 of 4 highway traffic signs, the agency said.
Fox News Digital’s Alex Miller contributed to this report.
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Montana
Montana Lottery Powerball, Lotto America results for March 30, 2026
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Winning Powerball numbers from March 30 drawing
07-11-31-41-57, Powerball: 20, Power Play: 2
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Winning Lotto America numbers from March 30 drawing
01-21-44-47-48, Star Ball: 04, ASB: 02
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09-12-19-24, Bonus: 03
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07-29-42-67-68, Powerball: 08
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24-25-32-34-44, Bonus: 04
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When are the Montana Lottery drawings held?
- Powerball: 8:59 p.m. MT on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.
- Mega Millions: 9 p.m. MT on Tuesday and Friday.
- Lucky For Life: 8:38 p.m. MT daily.
- Lotto America: 9 p.m. MT on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
- Big Sky Bonus: 7:30 p.m. MT daily.
- Powerball Double Play: 8:59 p.m. MT on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.
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Nevada
New poll finds race for Nevada governor tightening
LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — A new poll finds the race for Nevada governor tightening, with incumbent Republican Joe Lombardo just slightly ahead of his chief Democratic rival, Democratic Attorney General Aaron Ford.
According to the survey by Arizona-based Noble Predictive Insights, Lombardo leads Ford 39% to 38%, with 17% undecided and 6% supporting third-party candidates.
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New poll finds race for Nevada governor tightening
In the last Noble survey, conducted in October, Lombardo led Ford 40% to 37%, with 23% undecided.
Mike Noble, founder and CEO of Noble Predictive Insights, said governor’s contests in Nevada are historically close.
“This is why Nevada’s governor’s race is ranked in the top five most competitive races,” Noble said. “So it’s not just our polling that shows it, but also historically and everybody else looking at that. It’s going to be a tight contest. It’s going to come down to some core folks in the middle, and which way are they persuaded, towards Ford or towards Lombardo?”
A survey of past gubernatorial races dating to 1998 shows races with margins ranging from about 4 percentage points all the way up to more than 46 percentage points.
The average — 11% — is skewed by two outlier elections. One came in 2002, when then-Gov. Kenny Guinn defeated then-state Joe Neal, D-Clark County, who ran without the support of organized labor or the Democratic Party, advocating a platform of raising the state’s gross gaming tax.
The other came in 2014, when Democrats essentially ceded the race to then-incumbent Republican Brian Sandoval by running a candidate, Bob Goodman, who lost to “none of these candidates” in the Democratic primary.
But of all the races, Lombardo’s victory over Democrat Steve Sisolak in 2022 was the narrowest; just 1.51 percentage points separated the two candidates, or just more than 15,000 actual votes.
In a survey in February, Hart Research also found the race close, with 46% for Lombardo and 43% for Ford.
Favorability
The Noble survey found 40% of voters regarded Ford either very or somewhat favorably, with 33% reporting a somewhat or very unfavorable opinion of him. Another 19% had no opinion, and 8% had never heard of the attorney general.
Lombardo, meanwhile, was seen as either very or somewhat favorably by 48% of voters, with 38% saying they had a somewhat or very unfavorable opinion of the governor. Another 11% had no opinion, but only 1% had never heard of him.
Ford’s numbers may give Lombardo an opportunity to define his likely general election opponent, Noble said. Already, we have seen PAC-backed ads slamming Ford for spending time extensively outside Nevada, on trips related to his job or on vacation.
“So he [Ford] needs to get out there and define himself where Lombardo is also trying to define him,” Noble said. “So, definitely Lombardo has some advantages there. But I think the biggest advantage that Ford has in this is that he’s currently not in power, not the one making decisions.”
Ford has criticized Lombardo for vetoing bills that Ford claims would have reduced costs for Nevadans, including a bill that would have banned corporations from buying up single-family homes, a concept that even President Donald Trump later adopted in an executive order.
And Democrats frequently criticize Lombardo by trying to tie him to Trump, whose tariffs have raised costs for local businesses and whose attack on Iran has raised costs for fuel and fertilizer.
Noble said economics will be the key to this race. “And I think really from the research we’ve seen, whoever can message the best when it comes to addressing the pocketbook issues, jobs, economy, inflation, how are they going to keep more money in Nevadans’ pockets and give them some type of relief, and especially in affordable housing and other pocketbook areas. I think that is who’s going to end up ultimately winning,” he said.
Campaign reaction
Asked for a response, Ford campaign spokeswoman Prerna Jagadeesh aimed squarely at economics.
“Voters know that under Joe Lombardo, Nevada is suffering from high costs, sky-high unemployment, and an economy lagging behind the rest of the nation in job growth — all while Lombardo puts cheerleading for Trump over serving working families,” she said in a statement. “In contrast, Attorney General Aaron Ford has fought to lower costs and create new good-paying union jobs throughout his time in public service. Ford will continue to be laser-focused on making Nevada a place that Nevadans can afford to call home—and that’s why he will win in November.”
Ford served in the Nevada state Senate — rising to Senate majority leader — before he was elected attorney general in 2018.
The Lombardo campaign declined to comment on the poll results.
But in a Morning Consult survey, Lombardo had a 51%-34% approval rating. (The rest had no opinion.)
Gov. Phil Scott of Vermont was the most popular governor in the nation, with a 74%-19% approve/disapprove rating, while Gov. Kim Reynolds of Iowa was the least popular, with 49% disapproving and 43% approving.
New Mexico
Warm weather around New Mexico for now, but stormier & cooler tomorrow
NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Mostly mild air has started off across the region with morning temperatures being warmer than average. Clouds are passing through with moisture aloft coming in from the Pacific. Despite the drop in the jet stream compared to last week, the southwesterly flow with mostly dry surface conditions will lead to very mild air this afternoon before rain chances increase.
Air temperatures in the north are starting off from around the high 20s to the 40s, while elsewhere to the southwest, air temperatures are ranging from around the upper 30s to near 60°.
Many areas from eastern New Mexico to the Pecos River Valley area will range from the high 60s to around 90°, from north-northwest to south-southeast from high to low elevation. Southwesterly winds are set to go up, over, and down more of the northeast-sloped mountain faces out west will contribute to warm surface air and some gusty surface conditions. The northern higher elevations will mostly range from the upper 30s to the 50s, while the northern valley floors to western and central areas will mostly range from the 60s to the 80s.
More clouds will move in on top of the very mild surface conditions, leading to more isolated pockets of rainfall, as dry thunderstorms may spark up more fires. Stronger winds from the approaching system will elevate the fire threat even more tomorrow in southeastern areas. However, the drop in the jet stream will bring in better rain chances late today into the first half of tomorrow, with mountain peak snow, as well as colder air.
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