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The Trump administration wants soldiers to consider becoming truck drivers when they leave the military. Officials hope they can replace the tens of thousands of immigrant drivers who have lost their licenses in a crackdown this year. A new campaign launched Friday will promote programs that allow veterans who recently drove large military vehicles to be able to skip the required skills test to get a commercial driver’s license. Other soldiers can attend a commercial driving school during their last six months of active duty. The GI Bill will also pay for 100% of commercial driver’s license training and for some people even pay a housing allowance while they are in school.

The rocky relationship between the U.S. and Canada is spoiling the celebration of an extraordinary project between the two countries. A new bridge named for hockey player Gordie Howe is scheduled to open Monday. But a ceremony planned for Friday with dignitaries from both countries has been scratched. It comes after President Donald Trump this week announced 50% tariffs on most Canadian goods entering the U.S. The new bridge is expected to ease congestion at the Detroit-Windsor border, a major trade route. The Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority, created by Canada, will operate the bridge.

Texas resident Kenneth Kovar has a home energy setup from Ford, in which drivers of certain popular F-150 models can plug their vehicle directly into their electric meter to power their home during an outage. It is the latest example of automakers broadly adapting their electrification technologies to the home energy business, especially as demand on the grid increases and sales of electric vehicles slow. Car companies are looking to leverage their multibillion-dollar EV investments to tap into a promising market in vehicle, home and grid technology, both for backup power and for supporting electrical grid resiliency.

A planned joint U.S.-Canada ceremony to celebrate the opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge has been canceled after President Donald Trump announced new tariffs on Canadian goods. A spokesperson for a Canadian official says it would be “inappropriate to proceed with a celebratory event” after Trump's move. The bridge is still expected to open to traffic July 27. The tariff announcement renewed tensions between the two countries just weeks after they reached an agreement to open the bridge following delays. The bridge connects Detroit and Windsor, Ontario. Canada financed the nearly $4.4 billion project, which has been under construction since 2018.