Rail Accidents Have Increased over Past Year Despite Us Doing All We Can Because Congress Hasn’t Acted
On Friday’s “PBS News Hour,” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said that since the East Palestine derailment, the Department of Transportation has “taken a significant number of steps regarding rail safety policy” and is “working with agencies that are already prepared.” We are doing everything we can.” Yet accidents are on the rise because Congress needs […]
Date Set for Biden to Visit East Palestine to Mark One Year Since Rail Disaster
Exactly one year after the derailment of a Norfolk Southern train carrying toxic chemicals devastated a nearby town, a date has finally been set for President Joe Biden’s visit to East Palestine. The White House announced Biden’s visit late last month, but after declining to confirm a final date, issued a recommendation on Friday for […]
Prosecutors rail against Trump’s ‘distorted’ argument in classified documents case
Prosecutors this week refuted former President Donald Trump’s claims that the incident involving the retention of classified documents after leaving the White House was politically motivated, calling them “inaccurate and distorted.” In a 68-page courtroom filingSpecial Counsel Jack Smith’s team on Friday refuted President Trump’s accusations of collusion between the Biden administration, the National Archives, […]
Weekend rail strikes: travel disrupted across Great Britain | Rail strikes
Rail passengers will also face train cancellations and cancellations over the weekend, with intercity train services suspended across the Midlands and from London due to the drivers’ strike. The latest in a week-long 24-hour strike called by the Aslef trade union, all trains on Avanti West Coast, East Midlands and West Midlands Railway and its […]
‘We need to rein them in’: Lawmakers rail against social media CEOs, but is there any regulation in sight?
Washington DC – Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle say big tech CEOs aren’t doing enough to protect children when they use social media, and that platforms need to be reined in to protect children from indoctrination and exploitation. Agreed that there is. Sen. Richard Blumenthal told Fox News, “Tech CEOs have completely and […]
25 Senate Republicans Rail Against Biden Halt to Natural Gas Exports to Combat ‘Climate Crisis’
Twenty-five Senate Republicans sent a letter to President Joe Biden on Friday slamming the administration's move to suspend exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG). Biden announced Friday that he would suspend exports of liquefied natural gas pending a decision to address the alleged climate crisis. Biden said the agency will examine “the impact of LNG […]
Vegas High-Speed Rail Line Gets $2.5 Billion In Federal Bonds As Similar Project In California Flounders
The Biden administration on Tuesday spent billions more on a similar project in California, but after 15 years and no progress, the Biden administration announced a $2.5 billion federal grant for a high-speed rail project linking Las Vegas to Southern California. approved the bond. The $2.5 billion bond approved by the Department of Transportation (DOT) […]
Woman dies after car hits French farmers’ blockade; Germany faces massive rail strike – Europe live | Germany
Woman dies in French farmers' protest A woman was killed this morning when her car crashed into a barricade set up by protesting farmers in southern France, Reuters reported, citing a police spokesperson. A spokesperson said: A car crashed into a farmhouse barricade. It hit three people. One woman was killed and two others were […]
Storm Jocelyn disrupts rail services in Scotland and northern England | UK weather
The rail company advised customers not to travel north of Preston on Tuesday afternoon due to service suspensions caused by Storm Jocelyn. Avanti West Coast is one of the railway companies warning the public that train travel will no longer be possible in the north of England and large parts of Scotland. Mr Avanti said […]
Train drivers call off extra strike days after LNER minimum service law U-turn | Rail industry
Train drivers' union Aslef has called off another five-day strike at the LNER after the state-owned railway company withdrew plans to impose a minimum service level in industrial action next week. LNER, which runs trains on the East Coast Main Line from London to Scotland, had told Aslef it intended to use controversial new laws […]