{
  "id": 2392026,
  "title": "States score win in fight over federal access to CDL driver database",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/states-score-win-in-fight-over-federal-access-to-cdl-driver-database",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-21T13:47:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "FreightWaves",
    "slug": "freightwaves",
    "url": "https://www.freightwaves.com/news/states-score-win-in-fight-over-federal-access-to-cdl-driver-database"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A coalition of U.S. states have secured a temporary restraining order, preventing the Trump administration from accessing state-owned data containing personal information on commercial driver’s license holders. U.S. District Judge Anthony J. Trenga issued the injunction on Thursday, halting the Department of Transportation and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration from obtaining the records from the Commercial Driver’s License Information System (CDLIS) while the court determines whether to grant a preliminary injunction. The decision comes after the states filed a lawsuit against the Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, and the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, claiming the administration is unlawfully attempting to obtain a state-owned database containing names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and licensing records of millions of commercial drivers.",
  "summary": "A coalition of 22 states challenging the Trump administration’s demand for 17 million commercial driver’s data won a temporary restraining order Thursday. The post States score win in fight over federal access to CDL driver database appeared first on FreightWaves .",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}