In the three weeks since the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment, federal and state officials have flocked to the village to show their support, meet with residents, and drive home one message: their drinking water is just fine.
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has been under intense scrutiny for various transit problems during his two years as head of the Department of Transportation, with the Ohio train derailment being the latest in that series.
A year into the war in Ukraine, the United States's commitment to funding and supplying the fight against Russia has emerged as a dividing line in the nascent 2024 Republican presidential field.
Recipients of Supplemental Security Income will receive the first of March's two payments in only three days, according to the Social Security Administration's schedule.