Category: ohio train derailment

LIVE 6:59 AM ET: NTD Good Morning (Feb. 24): Illegal Immigrants Overloading Hospital in Yuma, AZ; NTSB Reports on Cause of Ohio Train Derailment

Yuma regional medical center dealing with financial woes, after spending around $26 million caring for illegal immigrants — mainly pregnant women — with nobody to foot the bill. We have takeaways from the GOP field hearing in Yuma, Arizona on Feb. 23. The National Transportation Safety Board reveals its findings on the Ohio train derailment. Find…


Ukraine or Ohio? Biden’s ‘America Last’ Agenda

While Ohio reels from a train derailment carrying hazardous chemicals, what do Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and President Joe Biden do? Buttigieg stayed silent for far too long. Eventually, he blamed a Trump-era policy, which turned out to be a fabrication to cover up the real problem. Biden, on the other hand, took this time…


Ohio Train Derailment ‘100 Percent Preventable’: NTSB

An overheated wheel bearing is what caused the Feb. 3 derailment of a Norfolk Southern train carrying hazardous chemicals in East Palestine, Ohio—an incident that was “100 percent preventable,” according to National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chair Jennifer Homendy. “Every event we investigate is preventable,” Homendy noted at a Feb. 23, press conference in Washington….


Overheated Wheel Bearing Caused ‘100 Percent Preventable’ Ohio Derailment: NTSB

An overheated wheel bearing is what caused the Feb. 3 derailment of a Norfolk Southern train carrying hazardous chemicals in East Palestine, Ohio—an incident that was “100 percent preventable,” according to National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chair Jennifer Homendy. “Every event we investigate is preventable,” Homendy noted at a Feb. 23, press conference in Washington….


Buttigieg Vows to ‘Raise the Bar’ on Rail Safety in Visit to Ohio Derailment Site, Admits He Took Too Long to Respond

Nearly three weeks after a toxic train derailment upended life in the village of East Palestine, Ohio, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg made his first visit to the community to meet with those affected on Thursday, Feb. 23, promising accountability and higher safety standards. Noting that the National Transportation Security Board released its preliminary findings on…


Buttigieg Schedules Feb. 23 Visit to Ohio Derailment Site Amid Mounting Criticism

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg will visit East Palestine, Ohio, on Thursday, Feb. 23—nearly three weeks after a Norfolk Southern train derailed there leaking toxic chemicals into the community. Earlier this week, Buttigieg demurred on announcing a specific date and time for a visit, telling reporters only that he was planning to do so “when the…


Buttigieg Schedules Visit to Ohio Derailment Site Amid Mounting Criticism

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg can confirmed a visit to troubled East Palestine, Ohio—nearly three weeks after a Norfolk Southern train derailed there leaking toxic chemicals into the community. Earlier this week, Buttigieg demurred on announcing a specific date and time for a visit, telling reporters only that he was planning to do so “when the…


Capitol Report: Trump Visits East Palestine; Rep. Brad Wenstrup Discusses New COVID Investigations

Former President Donald Trump is visiting East Palestine, Ohio, where cleanup is underway after the train derailment that has left the small town on edge from the chemical spill. What does Trump have to say and how is President Joe Biden responding? Biden is pledging full support for NATO as he wraps up his Poland trip, as…


Trump Delivers Bottled Water During Visit to Ohio’s Toxic Derailment Site, Criticizes Biden Admin’s Response

Former President Donald J. Trump met with East Palestine, Ohio, residents and officials on Feb. 22, to provide much-needed bottled water and cleaning supplies as the village continues to recover from the aftermath of a recent train derailment and chemical spill. “We’re bringing a lot of water—thousands of bottles,” Trump told reporters following a tour…


EPA Orders Norfolk Southern to Clean Up Chemicals After Ohio Train Derailment

Norfolk Southern Railway has been ordered by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to conduct “all cleanup actions” associated with the Feb. 3 derailment of a train carrying hazardous chemicals in East Palestine, Ohio. “Norfolk Southern will pay for cleaning up the mess that they created and the trauma that they inflicted on this community and…