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Locked out railway workers outside of the CN Rail Brampton yard on Thursday in Brampton ON, Canada.

US industries prepare for hit from Canadian rail strike

By Valerie Yurk
Posted August 22, 2024 at 10:32am
Energy Secretary Jennifer M. Granholm testifies during a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing in April.

Energy Department awards $2.2B in grid grants

By Valerie Yurk
Posted August 6, 2024 at 6:00am
Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg says the rule will keep families from facing "additional stresses or costs" when flying.

Proposal would bar airline fees for parents to sit beside kids

By Valerie Yurk
Posted August 1, 2024 at 8:10am
Senate Appropriations Chair Patty Murray, D-Wash., left, and ranking member Susan Collins, R-Maine, agreed to shelve the Homeland Security bill until the fall.

Spending bill punts

By David Lerman, Aidan Quigley and Valerie Yurk
Posted July 29, 2024 at 6:46pm
Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., left, is seen with former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows on the House floor before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to a joint meeting of Congress on Wednesday.

Interior-Environment spending bill passes House in late-night surprise

By Valerie Yurk and David Lerman
Posted July 25, 2024 at 5:33pm
Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, addresses the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on July 17.

Vance pick for VP muddies push for rail safety bill

By Valerie Yurk
Posted July 25, 2024 at 7:00am
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., talks with reporters after his weekly news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center on Tuesday.

House lawmakers to start summer break Thursday morning

By David Lerman and Valerie Yurk
Posted July 24, 2024 at 12:02pm
President Joe Biden in May.

White House awards funds to convert old plants to EV and hybrid sites

By Valerie Yurk
Posted July 11, 2024 at 5:00am
Dave Calhoun, CEO of Boeing, testifies during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs subcommittee hearing on “Boeing’s Broken Safety Culture,” on June 18.

Boeing to plead guilty in fatal 737 Max crashes

By Valerie Yurk
Posted July 8, 2024 at 10:54am
“The absence of a fatality or injury doesn’t mean the presence of safety,” Jennifer Homendy, chair of the National Transportation Safety Board, said Tuesday.

NTSB says bad sensor, poor response worsened East Palestine wreck

By Valerie Yurk
Posted June 25, 2024 at 2:15pm