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Tesla Autopilot Name Lacks “Common Sense,” Says Top US Regulator

U.S Transport Secretary Pete Buttigieg believes Tesla’s Autopilot doesn’t live up to its name and that it's a concern.

InsideEVs

Pence aide mocks White House for demanding he apologise to Buttigieg over maternity leave ‘joke’

‘Biden administration should spare America the faux outrage’

The Independent UK

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

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Buttigieg’s husband sends Pence a photo of his hospitalised baby in angry response to ‘maternity leave’ joke

The White House has called for former vice president to apologise for what it called a ‘homophobic’ joke

The Independent UK

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

Railway transport safety is failing. These lawmakers have a plan to help

Another headline-grabbing trail derailment in the span of a month has legislators urging stricter safety regulations for railway workers.

WEKU

Texas, feds settle probe over $9B Houston highway project

Federal authorities have announced they are lifting their hold of a more than $9 billion Houston area highway-widening project that has come under intense criticism from residents and activists who have argued the proposal would cause lasting economic and environmental damage to their communities

The Independent UK

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The Democrats botched the Ohio disaster response – and handed Trump a victory

The failure of Pete Buttigieg, the US secretary of transportion, to appear for nearly three weeks recalls the incompetence of Fema during Hurricane Katrina

The Guardian - US

Buttigieg fires back at critics over timing of East Palestine visit

Pete Buttigieg said he and his team ‘were always going to go’ to East Palestine regardless of what Donald Trump or anyone else had said or done

The Independent UK

Jay Ambrose: Pete Buttigieg defames Pete Buttigieg

Pete Buttigieg, something of a genius in academic matters, is despairingly short of that when it comes to practicality, failing miserably, for instance, as secretary of the Department of Transportation. It’s almost as if his job is to sit and do little, disappear from the office a lot, get mad,…

Tribune News Service

Pete Buttigieg admits mistakes in East Palestine derailment response

“Sometimes people need policy work, and sometimes people need performative work,” the Transport Secretary says. “And to get to this level, you’ve got to be ready to serve up both.”

The Independent UK

Leaked audio reveals US rail workers were told to skip inspections as Ohio crash prompts scrutiny to industry

Exclusive: employee says manager told her to stop marking cars for repair, as Ohio derailment brings hard look at industry’s record of blocking safety rules

The Guardian - US

Why Biden might drop his vice president (and reasons why he shouldn't)

Despite receiving the greatest number of votes cast in a presidential election, there is discussion among some Democrats and commentators about breaking up the Biden-Harris partnership for the 2024 election.

The Conversation

Labor unions say East Palestine cleanup site workers are falling ill

Norfolk Southern rejects union claims that it wasn't providing personal protective equipment to workers.

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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’

Roll Call

Senate gets bipartisan rail safety bill after Ohio derailment - Roll Call

Bipartisan legislation that would establish new safety requirements for trains carrying hazardous materials was introduced Wednesday.

Tribune News Service

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.

The Independent UK

Trump news - live: Trump attacks old ally Rupert Murdoch after bombshell Fox News Dominion revelations

Donald Trump goes on Truth Social rant against Rupert Murdoch after stunning lawsuit revelations

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‘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.

Los Angeles Times

Weeks after rail disaster, Biden still has no plans to visit East Palestine

WASHINGTON — Republicans are continuing to criticize President Joe Biden for not visiting East Palestine, Ohio, where a train carrying toxic, cancer-causing chemicals derailed Feb. 3.

Salon

"SNL" riffs on Trump, weed & vaccines

Host Woody Harrelson made comments during his monologue that left viewers wondering if he's anti-vax

Axios

Scoop: House GOP plans Ohio derailment hearings

The derailment ignited a political storm over the treatment of the rural, Republican residents.

Salon

"National Day of Hate": How we got here

Fox News ramped up its anti-Black History Month coverage just as cities ready to counter neo-Nazis in the streets

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

Editorial: Derail the politics: Ohio train spill shouldn’t be a partisan fight

Unless Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg were supposed to be recalibrating the hot bearing detectors on Norfolk Southern’s trains, it’s hard to blame them for the disaster in East Palestine, Ohio. The derailment, close to the Pennsylvania border, spilled more than 100,000 gallons of highly flammable vinyl chloride.

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