President Joe Biden drinks coffee as he visits 1820 Candle Co. in East Palestine, Ohio, Friday, Feb. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) EAS PALESTINE, Ohio (News Talk 1480 WHBC) – Strong words for Norfolk Southern, as President Biden paid a long-awaited visit to East Palestine on Friday. He spoke at a media event with the mayor and fire chief, saying the toxic train derailment a year ago was not an accident, but an act of greed. Biden also had a cup of coffee at a village coffee shop. Residents are...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Friday, finally, President ‘Amtrak Joe’ Biden belatedly visited East Palestine, Ohio more than a year after the Norfolk Southern train transporting toxic chemicals derailed in the town. Biden had earned the nickname ‘Amtrak Joe’ from having used Amtrak everyday for 16 years since 1972 to commute from his home in Delaware to D.C. when he was a U.S. Senator. That made it all the more out of character for the President to delay his stop in East Palestine. While there’s still over 90 reasons (charges) to doubt...

(NewsNation) — Over a year after a train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, sending toxic chemicals into the air and water, President Joe Biden’s visit to the city inspired disappointment among some residents who still have health concerns. On his trip Friday, Biden met with first responders and some residents to discuss the ongoing struggles the city is facing. “We don’t have our needs met yet just based off of one presidential visit, but we are moving forward together. And I think that’s a really important thing to recognize after...

Residents of East Palestine, Ohio, gathered to protest ahead of President Joe Biden’s scheduled visit to the town Friday, needling the administration’s response to a toxic train derailment that occurred over a year ago. A train carrying toxic chemicals derailed near East Palestine, Ohio, Feb. 3, 2023, prompting evacuations and shelter-in-place orders as authorities moved to address the release of the chemicals. Residents criticized Biden for taking over a year to visit the site of the incident, according to WKBN.com. TRENDING: It's not 'free trade' when Beijing's ruled by a...

President Biden faced widespread backlash Friday for making his first visit to East Palestine, Ohio, more than a year after a hazardous train derailment. Administration officials said Biden has had a "laser focus" on the issues facing the rural village where more than a million gallons of toxic chemicals were released into the environment, despite the president not visiting the area for 378 days. Biden was heavily criticized by Republicans, public figures and local residents for not visiting the rural Ohio town, which is located in Columbiana County on the...

President Joe Biden drinks the water in East Palestine a year after train derailment President Joe Biden saw firsthand on Friday the cleanup efforts in East Palestine, Ohio, more than a year after a Norfolk Southern train derailment released hazardous chemicals into the soil, water and air. Biden praised what he called the “Herculean” cleanup and announced grants from the National Institutes of Health to study the short- and long-term effects of the containment released by the derailment. “We’re not going home, not matter what, until this job is done,”...

EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (WKBN) — President Joe Biden arrived in East Palestine around 4 p.m. Friday. He received a less-than-warm welcome as members of a pro-Trump rally held up signs reading things like “Go home, sleepy Joe!” and offered him their middle fingers in place of a wave. Other members of the community held up signs reading “Declare the emergency,” “We need health care” and “We need aid.” In his speech to the people of East Palestine, Biden called the incident “an act of greed that was 100% preventable.” This...

PITTSBURGH — (AP) — For over a year, President Joe Biden waited for what the White House said was the right moment to visit East Palestine, Ohio, facing criticism that he was ignoring the victims of an explosive fire caused by a train derailment. Biden arrived in Pittsburgh on Friday before traveling to the village of 5,000 at the invitation of its mayor and as the Environmental Protection Agency is on the verge of finishing an extensive cleanup paid for by the train company, Norfolk Southern. Republicans have blasted Biden...

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg swiped at congressional inaction on a bipartisan rail safety bill Friday as President Biden is set to visit East Palestine, Ohio, to mark the anniversary of a 2023 rail disaster. “It’s still waiting its turn in Congress,” Buttigieg said Friday at an event at the Meridian International Center in Washington, saying it was “frustrating” that the Railway Safety Act has yet to receive a vote. Buttigieg pointed to unnamed members of Congress who “had a lot to say in the immediate aftermath“ of the February 2023...