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New federal rules aim to tackle the safety of oil trains
In North Dakota, nearly a million barrels of crude oil are extracted from the ground each day, and instead of pipelines, most of it is transported by rail. Now, prompted by a series of catastrophic accidents, the Department of Transportation has proposed a plan that could cost the industry $2.5 billion to phase out older cars they say are more prone to rupture. NewsHour’s Stephen Fee reports.
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Donald Trump was charged Tuesday in a Justice Department investigation into his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, a frantic but ultimately failed endeavor that culminated in the violent riot by his supporters at the U.S. Capitol.
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The PBS NewsHour will feature special programming of Biden’s State of the Union address and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine from 6 to 11 p.m. ET.
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The “Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol” has confirmed that their ninth public hearing will take place the afternoon of Wednesday, September 28.
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President Joe Biden will give an Oval Office address Thursday on the U.S. response to the Israel-Hamas war.