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Although it might not have received the same coverage, former Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg presided ... in the working-class town of East Palestine, Ohio.

Vice President JD Vance will visit East Palestine, Ohio, on Monday, Feb. 3, to mark two years since a train derailment in the town sparked an environmental and public health crisis, according to a ...

A member of President Donald Trump’s administration traded barbs online with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ...

A new lawsuit has been filed alleging for the first time that the February 2023 East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment ...

Clinton claimed that the department has “deteriorated” under Duffy’s leadership — ignoring all of the transportation ...

It’s no surprise that all the Senate’s Democrats voted against confirming new Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (“Pete Hegseth overcomes attacks to narrowly win Senate confirmation as defense secretary,” ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Tulsi Gabbard and Kash Patel are expected to be grilled by senators during their confirmation hearings.

Mere hours after American Airlines Flight 5342 collided with the U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on a training mission next to Reagan National, with officials fearing at least 67 dead, Trump blamed ...

It's never too soon to think about the next election and Vice President J.D. Vance is already fielding questions about the 2028 race.