Palestine

“Some people complained of nausea and headaches,” Cutrer said of Livingston. The same has been true in East Palestine.  Wary residents in both towns turned to bottled water as officials scrambled to reduce the risk that hazardous materials would contaminate groundwater.  “They were very upset. They were having meetings all…

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I planned to write about Donald Trump’s visit to East Palestine, Ohio, on Wednesday, though I knew I couldn’t actually watch his speech. I just assumed it would dominate the news. It didn’t, and thus I didn’t write about it. And now I am—but not directly. I have come to…

The crew operating a freight train that derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, did not receive a critical warning about an overheated axle until just before dozens of cars went off the tracks, federal safety investigators said in a report Thursday as U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg made his first visit…

Posted February 23, 2023 at 2:30pm Welcome to At the Races! Each week we bring you news and analysis from the CQ Roll Call campaign team. Know someone who’d like to get this newsletter? They can subscribe here. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg was in East Palestine, Ohio, where the derailment of…

Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., November 4, 2020. Photo: Reuters / CARLOS BARRIA Former US President Donald Trump paid a visit to East Palestine, Ohio, on Wednesday, almost three weeks after the train crash that led to the…

Almost three weeks after the derailment of a Norfolk Southern train carrying hazardous materials in Ohio, twice-impeached former President Donald Trump visited and lied to the people of East Palestine, all to score a few photo ops. Appearing alongside Senator JD Vance, Trump kept his public remarks short, focusing mainly…

A black plume rises over East Palestine, Ohio, as a result of a controlled detonation of a portion of the derailed Norfolk Southern trains. Photo / AP The US Environmental Protection Agency ordered Norfolk Southern to pay for the cleanup of the East Palestine, Ohio train wreck and chemical release…

President Joe Biden's approval rating is essentially unchanged since the Ohio train derailment earlier this month, according to daily surveys conducted by the Rasmussen Reports polling company. On February 3, a Norfolk Southern Railway freight train carrying hazardous material derailed in the town of East Palestine, near the state's border…

Sens. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) are sounding the alarm over the potential spread of “highly toxic,” cancer-causing pollutants from the East Palestine, Ohio, site where a Norfolk Southern train derailed on Feb. 3. In a Feb. 18 letter (pdf) to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael…