More than a year after a toxic train derailment rattled the small community‚ President Joe Biden is making his highly anticipated trip to East Palestine‚ Ohio. But with East Palestine’s Columbiana County being reliably Republican‚ Biden’s response has been criticized amid his promise to be a president for all of America. Biden taking a year to travel to East Palestine is “surprising” and has provided Republicans with the opportunity to scrutinize him and his administration...

President Biden praised the East Palestine‚ Ohio‚ community during a visit to the town Friday‚ saying it was “absolutely amazing” what it rose to following the 2023 train derailment that caused a toxic chemical spill. The president also condemned what he described as the “corporate negligence” that led to the derailment‚ which caused a train operated by Norfolk Southern Railway to spill toxic chemicals including vinyl chloride‚ a compound used in production of plastics.  Saying the...

President Joe Biden on Friday surveyed the federal cleanup in East Palestine‚ Ohio‚ more than a year after an explosive fire following the derailment of a train loaded with hazardous chemicals and saw up close the lingering hostility from victims still angry that he waited so long to visit them. The White House has said Biden was waiting for the right moment to make the trip. He visited after being invited by the village’s mayor. Addressing residents‚ Biden said he wants them to...

Texas will build an operations base for up to 1‚800 National Guard members in Eagle Pass‚ expanding the presence of soldiers in the border city where the state has clashed with the Biden administration over immigration enforcement‚ Republican Gov. Greg Abbott announced Friday. The 80-acre property along the Rio Grande will open a short distance from Shelby Park‚ the riverfront area where Texas National Guard members have installed miles of razor wire and began denying access to U.S. Border...

When ABC News reported on Wednesday that the House Ethics Committee had acquired text messages between a young woman involved in the sex trafficking investigation and Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL)‚ a Gaetz spokesperson told ABC that the congressman “does not know anything about the woman you’re referencing.” That seems extraordinarily unlikely. The Daily Beast can now report that this woman told prosecutors in 2021 that she had sex with Gaetz at a drug-fueled party that she was paid to attend‚...

Two teenagers in custody in connection with the deadly shooting during the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl rally that left one woman dead and more than 20 others injured were charged Thursday‚ according to Missouri court officials. The Office of the Juvenile Officer said the teens face gun-related and resisting arrest charges and are currently detained in secure detention at the Juvenile Detention Center. “It is anticipated that additional charges are expected in the future as the...

The National Association of Realtors appeared to hit rock bottom in October when a Kansas City jury delivered a $1.8 billion verdict‚ finding that the industry kept home-sales fees artificially high. But the existential threat to the powerful trade group was about to get worse. Copycat lawsuits have been filed around the nation. Dozens of real-estate brokerages are now defendants. Federal regulators are scrutinizing the industry more closely than they have in years.  Brokerage...

Republican efforts to impeach President Joe Biden appear to be unraveling following the indictment of a key witness in the investigation led by House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer. Comer is facing strong criticism from Democrats and calls to end the impeachment effort after Special Counsel David Weiss announced charges against 43-year-old Alexander Smirnov on Thursday for allegedly making false statements and manufacturing false records concerning Joe Biden's business dealings in...

Americans are being exposed to a chemical found in oat-based foods‚ including Cheerios and Quaker Oats‚ that can pose a risk to reproductive and developmental health‚ according to a new study. The Environmental Working Group (EWG) found that four in five‚ or 80%‚ of Americans‚ tested positive for a harmful additive called chlormequat — linked to reduced fertility‚ altered fetal growth and delayed puberty. Chlormequat is a toxic “agricultural chemical” used to alter a plant’s growth‚ per...

President Biden's administration and liberal supporters in Washington are bracing for a possible Donald Trump victory in November by installing "roadblocks" to limit the latter's ability to fire thousands of government workers‚ according to a new report. The Associated Press reported that a cabal of left-leaning experts‚ legal advisers and others are confident Biden will be re-elected but are urging him to prepare for the worst: another Trump presidency beginning in 2025.  "My...