The Department of Transportation has moved to shut down another 550 commercial driver's license schools amid a new focus on crashes involving foreign nationals with U.S. non-domiciled CDLs.'For too long, the trucking industry has operated like the Wild, Wild West, where anything goes and nobody asks any questions.'The DOT announced on February 18 that it discovered the "sham CDL training schools" violated the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's safety standards. The agency issued notices of proposed removal from the FMCSA's national training provider registry.The DOT found that some noncompliant schools used fictitious addresses and employed unqualified instructors who lacked the necessary licenses and permits for the vehicles they were teaching students to drive. In other cases, these schools provided training with vehicles that were not appropriate for the instruction being offered. Some training providers even admitted to investigators that they failed to meet their state's requirements.FMCSA Administrator Derek Barrs said, "If a school isn't using the right vehicles or if their instructors aren't qualified, they have no business training the next generation of truckers or school bus drivers."One of the schools on the DOT's proposed removal list reportedly provided training to school bus drivers. The DOT informed Blaze News that these schools have not yet been closed, as they are still within the 30-day period to either provide evidence of compliance with federal safety standards or indicate their intention to complete the corrective actions specified by the FMCSA. However, the agency stated that it has already closed 6,500 CDL training schools.RELATED: 18-wheeler speeding the wrong direction on highway was driven by — you guessed it Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty ImagesThe findings resulted from the FMCSA mobilizing over 300 investigators and conducting more than 1,400 on-site sting operations over five days. While 448 schools were issued a notice of proposed removal, 109 training providers voluntarily removed themselves from the FMCSA's Training Provider Registry.An additional 97 training schools remain under investigation for similar alleged violations.RELATED: 'Couldn't read ... road signs': Video shows trucker driving the wrong direction on highway — Sec. Duffy responds Photographer: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg via Getty Images"For too long, the trucking industry has operated like the Wild, Wild West, where anything goes and nobody asks any questions," DOT Secretary Sean Duffy stated. "The buck stops with me. Under President Trump, my team is cracking down on every link in the trucking chain that has allowed this lawlessness to impact the safety of America's roads. American families should have confidence that our school bus and truck drivers are following every letter of the law and that starts with receiving proper training before getting behind the wheel."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

In a video posted to X, Vinny Martorano, a multimedia journalist for the Sinclair-owned Austin CBS affiliate, was handed a phone during a livestream at the Texas Capitol and shown what appeared to be a message from station management. According to the brief exchange caught on camera, the instruction was to avoid focusing on celebrations in the street, where demonstrators were chanting and thanking former President Donald Trump following the U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran.Martorano glanced at the message, looked back toward the crowd, and responded, “All right. Well, I am,” before continuing his report.'A large group of people in front of the Texas Capitol are celebrating the coordinated strike against Iran early this morning.'The 30-second clip quickly spread across social media, racking up hundreds of thousands of views within hours. Many users framed the moment as evidence of media bias and praised Martorano for refusing to downplay a pro-Trump rally.RELATED: UK prime minister reverses course, allows US use of British bases for strikes on Iran Photo by Cheng Xin/Getty ImagesThe alleged text Martorano received didn't stop him from reporting what was happening.When the livestream continued, Martorano opened his on-air report by noting that reactions across Austin were mixed. "There are a lot of mixed opinions across Austin about the joint attack between the United States and Israel against Iran that happened earlier this morning," Martorano said. "Some people, like this group behind me, are thanking Trump and the United States government for following through with this attack against Iran, while other people across the city say there needs to be more peace in the Middle East."Martorano made additional posts, covering the celebrations.RELATED: Israeli officials say Khamenei is dead. Update: Trump confirms. Photo by Natalia Campos/Getty Images"A large group of people in front of the Texas Capitol are celebrating the coordinated strike against Iran early this morning," one of his posts read. "Some people I spoke with moved to Austin from Iran."Eric Daugherty, chief content officer of Right Line News, praised Martorano for his honest reporting despite alleged pressure to do the opposite. "THAT'S how you do it!"Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

A stand-up comedian says fellow little person Peter Dinklage is guilty of hypocrisy for criticizing Disney over the use of dwarf actors in the "Snow White" remake.The box office bomb garnered few moviegoers but plenty of meme mockery when it launched amid constant denigration by its own star, Rachel Zegler.'It's not up to his cultural standards of what a dwarf should do.'Zegler turned off audiences by consistently explaining that the movie avoided an out-of-date story concept while progressing to a world where Snow White doesn't need a man. Heigh-ho, heave-hoThe movie's universally reviled CGI seven dwarfs certainly didn't help matters. Disney made the last-minute switch from live actors when "Game of Thrones" star Peter Dinklage lambasted the studio for daring to use actual dwarfs. The backlash from dwarf entertainers was swift, expressing outrage that the uber-successful Dinklage essentially got at least seven actors fired. Now stand-up comic and actor Brad Williams is calling out Dinklage for giving himself a pass when it comes to allegedly "offensive dwarf roles." Speaking with podcaster Chris Van Vliet, Williams said that while he was jealous of Dinklage's talent, his disdain for the actor comes from his obvious hypocrisy that no one is speaking about."[Dinklage] came out and was really angry that the live-action 'Snow White' movie was going to use real dwarf actors, and he thought that was offensive. If someone else gets work, that's really offensive to him," Williams began. "It's not up to his cultural standards of what a dwarf should do to be a respected member of this business."'Toes' before bros?Meanwhile, said Williams, Dinklage's own resume includes "the most offensive movie to little people ever made": the abysmal 2002 film "Tiptoes."RELATED: Woke 'Snow White' remake lost way more money than you could ever imagine The film stars Gary Oldman as a dwarf, an effect achieved by the actor playing "on his knees" with his arms tied back. "[He] doesn't look like a little person at all," Williams explained."You can't be in 'Tiptoes' .... and then come out and try to take work from dwarf actors and say, 'You can't play the role of a dwarf because it's considered offensive.' To whom? To you?"While joking that Hollywood is "not writing" many roles for little people, the comedian screamed that he would have loved to be in the movie."Yes! Literally the role I was born to play, genetically," he laughed. ShortchangedDinklage's influence over the film did not please fellow dwarf actor Dylan Postl either, who said last year that Dinklage was putting at least a dozen little people out of work in what would have been the role of a lifetime. "What gave him the voice for all of our community?" Postl asked.Stuntmen and stand-ins could have been employed for the dwarf roles as well, Postl and Williams agreed.RELATED: 'It's not right!' Actor Dylan Postl blasts Disney for not casting dwarfs for 'Snow White' in the name of 'progression' Williams' notion that "Tiptoe" "looks like a 'Saturday Night Live' sketch" was the exact sentiment shared by comedians Bert Kreischer and Tom Segura when they brought up the film to one of its stars, Matthew McConaughey.Watching the movie trailer for the first time more than 20 years later, McConaughey called it a "wild concept" that drew a lot of talent."We knew it was a soap opera," he remembered, saying the cast was thinking, "If we straight-face this, it can be really funny and also might actually make you drop a tear."McConaughey and the comedians joked at the swing-and-miss nature of the trailer, agreeing that it "doesn't look real." McConaughey assured the duo, however, that it was indeed a "real production" and he actually "showed up to work" to film that movie.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

A Georgia teacher has been arrested and accused of sexually assaulting a child, police said. The teacher — a married mother of two — is now facing a divorce filing from her husband, according to court records.Danielle Weaver, a 29-year-old teacher in Leesburg, turned herself in to the Lee County Sheriff's Office on Feb. 18 after arrest warrants were obtained by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation on Feb. 17.'During the course of the inquiry, investigators identified Weaver as the suspect and confirmed the alleged victim is a juvenile student enrolled at the school.'Weaver was booked into the Lee County Sheriff’s Office Jail. She was later released on a $50,000 bond, according to WALB-TV.Weaver was charged with child molestation and improper sexual contact by employee, agent, or foster parent, according to a statement from the GBI.Georgia law defines child molestation as:When such person does any immoral or indecent act to or in the presence of or with any child under the age of 16 years with the intent to arouse or satisfy the sexual desires of either the child or the person; or by means of an electronic device, transmits images of a person engaging in, inducing, or otherwise participating in any immoral or indecent act to a child under the age of 16 years with the intent to arouse or satisfy the sexual desires of either the child or the person.Under Georgia law, those convicted of a first offense of child molestation face a minimum prison sentence of five years and a maximum of 20 years in prison.The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said in the statement that the Leesburg Police Department requested the GBI to "assist with an investigation into allegations of inappropriate contact between a teacher and a juvenile student at Lee County High School" on Feb. 4.The GBI statement noted that officers with the Leesburg Police Department responded to a request from Lee County High School administrators to investigate the allegations against the teacher."Investigators identified Weaver as the subject and identified the victim as a juvenile student at Lee County High School," the GBI stated.RELATED: Middle school teacher hit with 22 charges of sex abuse of 13-year-old — went from 'mother figure' to 'monster': Court docs WALB obtained the following statement from the Lee County School System:We, at the ninth-grade campus, can confirm that there is an ongoing legal investigation involving law enforcement concerning the alleged conduct of a former staff member who is no longer working for the district. Upon discovering the allegations, school and district leadership acted immediately to ensure the safety and well-being of students, as well as to conduct a thorough investigation.The investigation into the potential teacher sex scandal is "active and ongoing," the GBI said. Once the investigation is complete, "the case file will be given to the Southwestern Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office for prosecution," according to the GBI.According to court records reviewed by the New York Post, Weaver's husband filed for divorce a day after her arrest. Weaver's husband was granted temporary custody of their two daughters, according to court documents.According to court filings, the husband is seeking a divorce because the marriage is "irretrievably broken."The Lee County Sheriff's Office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Blaze News.Anyone with information regarding the case is urged to contact the GBI Regional Investigative Office at 229-931-2439 or the Lee County Sheriff’s Office at 229-759-6012. Anonymous tips can also be submitted by calling 1-800-597-TIPS (8477).Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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