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Biden nominee to lead FAA withdraws amid GOP opposition

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg condemned the "undeserved" partisan attacks against Washington.

Axios

Vance: Rail safety legislation is not 'big government' - Roll Call

Republican Sen. J.D. Vance attacked the rail industry for criticizing a safety bill he co-sponsored with Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio.

Roll Call

Pence defends joke about Buttigieg 'maternity leave'

The husband of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttgieg says he hasn’t heard from Mike Pence in the days since the former vice president mocked his family

The Independent UK

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Chasten Buttigieg hits back at Pence

The former vice president mocked Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg for taking "maternity leave"

Salon

White House rebukes Mike Pence over homophobic jokes about Pete Buttigieg

Former vice-president took aim at transportation secretary for taking maternity leave and joked about postpartum depression

The Guardian - US

There are about 3 U.S. train derailments per day. They aren't usually major disasters

The U.S. saw more than one thousand train derailments last year, but industry leaders say traveling by rail remains one of the safest methods of transportation.

WEKU

JetBlue-Spirit deal faces DOJ antitrust suit this week

The Justice Department and Department of Transportation are expected to take action as soon as Tuesday to block JetBlue Airways Corp.’s $3.8 billion takeover of Spirit Airlines Inc., according to people familiar with the case.

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NTSB: Key tank car part melted after Ohio train derailment

The National Transportation Safety Board says the fire in last month’s Ohio train derailment melted a key part of the tank cars filled with toxic chemicals

The Independent UK

Pete Buttigieg defends Biden for not visiting East Palestine after train disaster

The transportation secretary said a presidential visit could be ‘disruptive’

The Independent UK

Julianna Goldman: Buttigieg isn’t in a position to be much help

Note to politicians with presidential aspirations: Joining the Cabinet makes the path that much harder. Just ask Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.

Tribune News Service

House GOP appropriators unveil tighter earmark rules - Roll Call

House Republican appropriators have banned earmarks from the Labor-HHS-Education, Financial Services and Defense bills under new rules.

Roll Call

House GOP appropriators set to unveil new earmark restrictions - Roll Call

Leaders of two Appropriations subcommittees said they will not allow earmarks in their fiscal 2024 spending bills.

Roll Call

‘Railroads have just had too much power,’ Buttigieg says in Kansas City after Ohio train disaster

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Monday pledged to hold American freight railroads to stricter standards in the wake of a train disaster in Ohio last month and Republican criticism of the Biden administration’s response.

Tribune News Service

JetBlue mounts full-court press for Spirit buyout approval

JetBlue Airways CEO Robin Hayes was unequivocal when asked what he’d do if the U.S. Justice Department blocked his airline’s proposed buyout of Spirit Airlines, South Florida’s low-cost hometown air carrier.

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House GOP mulls putting ‘woke’ earmarks on chopping block

WASHINGTON — House GOP appropriators are gearing up to potentially bar local projects entirely from the largest domestic spending bill for fiscal 2024, along with others deemed “woke” by critics of earmarks funded in the December omnibus package.

Roll Call

House GOP mulls putting 'woke' earmarks on chopping block - Roll Call

House GOP appropriators are gearing up to potentially bar local projects entirely from the largest domestic spending bill for fiscal 2024.

WEKU

In East Palestine, who 'shows up' isn't necessarily a sign of who's helping

East Palestine, Ohio, has been devastated by a train derailment and chemical burn off that has threatened the health of residents, but it has now also become the center of political controversy.

Tribune News Service

House Republicans probe Buttigieg response to Ohio train crash

House Republicans are probing the Transportation Department’s handling of the Norfolk Southern Corp. chemical train derailment earlier this month that released a toxic soup of chemicals in East Palestine, Ohio.

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The Independent UK

Joe Manchin calls on Buttigieg to improve safety inspections after East Palestine train derailment

The West Virginia Democrat targets the Biden administration as he weighs whether to seek re-election

Tribune News Service

Donald Trump Jr. goes on homophobic rant against ‘gay guy’ Pete Buttigieg

Donald Trump Jr. went on a homophobic rant against Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg during an appearance on a far-right cable news network Wednesday night.

Al Jazeera

Preliminary report offers new details about US train derailment

A report by the National Transportation Safety Board says the train’s crew received an alert just before the crash.

The Independent UK

Pete Buttigieg’s team asks conservative media to stop recording press officer during East Palestine visit

Press secretary said she would answer questions off-camera

Salon

Trump called out over East Palestine lie

"I had nothing to do with" slashing rail regulations, Trump claimed after gutting rail regulations

The Independent UK

Buttigieg visits East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment site

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is in East Palestine, Ohio, to tour the site where a train wrecked nearly three weeks ago as the government faces growing criticism over the federal response to the derailment

The Independent UK

Trump raises eyebrows with comment about East Palestine mayor: ‘He’s very easy to find’

Mr Trump also told a gaggle of media and onlookers to ‘have fun’

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