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Biden Calls Ohio and Pennsylvania Officials to Address East Palestine Train Derailment

President Joe Biden called elected officials in Ohio and Pennslyvania on Tuesday to address the Feb. 3 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. In social media posts on Tuesday, Biden said he spoke by phone with Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, Democratic Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), and Rep. Bill Johnson (R-Ohio). Biden called those…


LIVE NOW: NTD Business (Feb. 21): Union Pacific Coal Train Derails in Nebraska; Section 230 at Risk in SCOTUS Showdown

Another major train derailment in less than a month. This time it’s a Union Pacific coal train in Nebraska. The Environmental Protection Agency is ordering Norfolk Southern to clean up the Ohio train derailment–while the transportation head calls for more train safety regulation. The Supreme Court, hearing a case with broad implications for free speech and social…


NTD Business (Feb. 21): Union Pacific Coal Train Derails in Nebraska; Section 230 at Risk in SCOTUS Showdown

Another train has derailed in less than a month. This time, it’s a Union Pacific coal train in Nebraska. The Environmental Protection Agency is ordering Norfolk Southern to clean up the Ohio train derailment, while the transportation head calls for more train safety regulation. The Supreme Court is hearing a case with broad implications for…


LIVE NOW: EPA Administrator Gives Updates on Response to East Palestine Train Derailment

EPA Administrator Michael Regan provides an update on the response to the train derailment of toxic chemicals in East Palestine at 12:30 a.m. ET  on Feb. 21. The Epoch Times will livestream the event. …


EPA Administrator Gives Updates on Response to East Palestine Train Derailment

EPA Administrator Michael Regan provides an update on the response to the train derailment of toxic chemicals in East Palestine at 12:30 a.m. ET  on Feb. 21. The Epoch Times will livestream the event. …


Cancer-Causing Chemicals Could Be Spreading From Derailment Site: Ohio Senators

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 Regan and Ohio Environmental Protection…


LIVE NOW: NTD Evening News (Feb. 16): Another Train With Hazardous Material Derails in Michigan; Biden Addresses Nation on Aerial Objects

As Ohio deals with a chemical spill caused by a train derailment, another train in Michigan that carried at least one container with hazardous material has derailed. On Feb. 16, President Joe Biden addressed the nation on the flying objects and Chinese spy balloon that were shot down by the U.S. military. …


NTD Evening News (Feb. 16): Another Train With Hazardous Material Derails in Michigan; Biden Addresses Nation on Aerial Objects

As Ohio deals with a chemical spill caused by a train derailment, another train in Michigan that carried at least one container with hazardous material has derailed. On Feb. 16, President Joe Biden addressed the nation on the flying objects and Chinese spy balloon that were shot down by the U.S. military. …


LIVE 7 AM ET: NTD Good Morning (Feb. 16): Black Hawk Helicopter Crashes in Alabama; More Mass Protests in China Over Cuts to Health Benefits

A Black Hawk Helicopter crashes in Alabama. The Tennessee national guard members aboard are killed. We share what’s known so far about the accident. We’re seeing More mass protests in China. Demonstrations broke out in at least 3 Chinese cities on Feb. 15. This time, it was about cuts to health insurance benefits. Hundreds of thousands…


NTD Good Morning (Feb. 16): Black Hawk Helicopter Crashes in Alabama; More Mass Protests in China Over Cuts to Health Benefits

A Black Hawk Helicopter crashed in Alabama. The Tennessee national guard members aboard were killed. We share what’s known so far about the accident. More mass protests broke out in China. Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators protested over cuts to health insurance benefits in at least three Chinese cities on Feb. 15. It’s been close to…