Apex domains cannot have CNAME records.
Question and response
Question
dig usapathway.com. NS
Answer
usapathway.com. 5 NS ns1.aciglobal.com.
usapathway.com. 5 NS ns2.aciglobal.com.
Authority
The response has no authority records.
Additional
ns1.aciglobal.com. 5 A 108.160.176.2
ns2.aciglobal.com. 5 A 108.160.184.2
. 0 OPT ; payload 1232, xrcode 0, version 0, flags 0