The driver held a California commercial trucking license issued despite federal law forbidding non-citizens without legal status from obtaining one. Reports confirm roughly one quarter of California’s commercial driver’s licenses have gone to individuals without lawful residency.
Toxicology reports indicated the driver was intoxicated and under the influence of methamphetamine. The trucking company that employed him is now under federal investigation and faces license termination and criminal liability.
Governor Gavin Newsom is facing statewide backlash, accused of fostering the immigration and licensing policies that directly enabled the crash. Critics are calling for immediate legislative inquiry and accountability for negligent state oversight.
2. U.S. Escalates Energy Sanctions on Russia and Cuts All Aid to Colombia Over Drug Production
Washington imposed new sanctions on Russia’s two largest oil corporations, targeting energy exports, technology transfers, and financial networks sustaining the Kremlin’s military campaign in Ukraine.
The move led India, China, and several European nations to reduce oil imports from Russia following diplomatic pressure from the U.S. administration.
Treasury officials called the sanctions the toughest since 2022, intended to sever Moscow’s revenue from international energy markets.
The U.S. simultaneously halted all aid to Colombia, with the President accusing its leadership of facilitating cocaine production and trafficking through Mexico, warning of broader punitive measures if narcotics exports continue.
3. White House East Wing Demolition, Homeland Security Task Force Operations, and Vaccine Cancer Study Controversy
The East Wing of the White House is set for demolition to clear ground for a privately financed three-hundred-million-dollar ballroom project, confirmed to use no taxpayer funds.
The Homeland Security Task Force reported nationwide success in joint operations between federal and local law enforcement, including major cartel and narcotics arrests.
A Korean study published in Biomarker Research linked spike protein exposure from COVID-19 vaccines to higher risks of six cancers, prompting calls for expanded medical review despite public criticism.
Analysts and commentators connected the nation’s eroding safety, corporate dependence on foreign labor, and widening economic inequality to escalating social unrest and distrust in federal institutions.
FINAL WORD
The United States faces pressure on every front: a deadly crash revealing systemic border and licensing breakdowns, global sanctions reshaping alliances, and public uncertainty over health and governance. Power and trust are both under strain, and only decisive enforcement and accountability can restore order and confidence.
On today's episode of Human Events Daily, this story out of California, the CDLs, the illegal aliens, the idea that our country has been completely overrun by not just illegals, but people here working and driving these semis is absolutely terrifying. Which quite frankly means these semis are like weapons of mass destruction all across our highways.