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Elaine Chao Used Role at DOT to Promote Family Interests, IG Report Says
A new report shows that the Transportation Department’s watchdog wanted Elaine Chao to be criminally investigated late last year when she was transportation secretary, but was rebuffed.
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Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf Resigns, Third Cabinet Official to Quit After Pro-Trump Riot at Capitol
Wolf cited “ongoing and meritless court rulings regarding the validity of my authority as Acting Secretary” for his resignation.
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Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Resigns Over Capitol Riot, Blames Trump Rhetoric
Trump Cabinet members Betsy DeVos and Elaine Chao cited the riot at the Capitol, which aimed to stop Joe Biden’s confirmation as president, for why they quit.
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Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao Is First Trump Cabinet Member to Quit After Riot
The riot at the Capitol fueled by words from President Trump has led to calls for his removal from office, two weeks before Joe Biden is set to take office.
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Transportation Secretary Chao Announces Resignation in Wake of Riot
Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao tweeted a letter of resignation on Thursday afternoon in response to Wednesday’s mob at the U.S. Capitol
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New US Plan Keeps Autonomous Vehicle Standards Voluntary
The Trump administration on Wednesday unveiled its most recent round of guidelines for autonomous vehicle makers that rely on voluntary standards despite calls for specific regulations. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao announced the proposed guidelines in a speech at the CES gadget show in Las Vegas, saying in prepared remarks that “AV 4.0” will ensure U.S. leadership in developing new technologies….
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UPS Gets Government Approval to Become a Drone Airline
UPS has won government approval to operate a nationwide fleet of drones, which will let the company expand deliveries on hospital campuses and move it one step closer to making deliveries to consumers. Many regulatory obstacles remain, however, before UPS — or other operators who are testing drones — can fill the sky over cities and suburbs with drones carrying...
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Amtrak Launches Limited Nonstop DC-NYC Service
Nonstop Acela service is here. Starting Monday, Amtrak has one nonstop train per day to take travelers between D.C.’s Union Station and New York’s Penn Station.
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Amtrak Announces Nonstop DC-NYC Service, But Schedules Won't Help Many Local Travelers
There will soon be a faster way to get between D.C. and New York by train, but the schedules may be of greater benefit to New York residents than to D.C. residents.
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Democrats Challenge Trump UN Nominee Kelly Craft on Climate Change
Three Democratic senators are calling on President’s Donald Trump’s nominee for U.N. ambassador to clarify that she will put U.S. interests ahead of her own financial interests when it comes to climate change. The Democrats say Kelly Craft, who was nominated as U.S. ambassador to the U.N. last week, has invested more than $60 million in oil companies and other...
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US Holds Out on Grounding Boeing 737 Jet Model
The United States remain one of a few nations to not ground the Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft from flight following two high profile crashes that killed all passengers onboard in Ethiopia and Indonesia.
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Pilots Have Reported Issues in US With New Boeing Jet
Airline pilots on at least two U.S. flights have reported that an automated system seemed to cause their Boeing 737 Max planes to tilt down suddenly. The pilots said that soon after engaging the autopilot on Boeing 737 Max 8 planes, the nose tilted down sharply. In both cases, they recovered quickly after disconnecting the autopilot. As described by the...
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US Not Joining Other Nations Grounding Boeing 737 Jet Model
Much of the world, including the entire European Union, grounded the Boeing jetliner involved in the Ethiopian Airlines crash or banned it from their airspace, leaving the United States on Tuesday as one of the few remaining operators of the plane involved in two deadly accidents in just five months. The Federal Aviation Administration’s acting head Daniel K. Elwell said...
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New Acela Trains to Shorten Route Between DC and New York
Tilting trains? It might sound strange, but Amtrak’s new Acela line trains that lean into curves and bends will shave time off trips, and they plan to roll them out over the next couple of years.
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Protesters Confront McConnell, Chao Over Family Separations
Protesters confronted Sen. Mitch McConnell and his wife, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, about family separations at the U.S.-Mexico border as the couple left an event at Georgetown University.
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White House Adds Bowling to Annual Easter Egg Roll Activities
First Lady Melania Trump has added bowling to the list of activities that about 30,000 attendees can enjoy at this year’s Easter Egg Roll.
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Trump Donates Fourth-Quarter Salary for Infrastructure
President Donald Trump is donating his fourth-quarter salary in 2017 to the Transportation Department to help address the nation’s infrastructure. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao is accepting the check from the president in the amount of $100,000. The donation announced Tuesday in the White House briefing room comes a day after Trump released a plan to rebuild crumbling roads, bridges and...
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Trump Cabinet Member Elaine Chao Recalls Her Own #MeToo Moment
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao said Tuesday that “of course” she has her own “me too” story, referring to the hashtag women have used to voice their experiences with sexual harassment or assault. “I think that is a dirty little secret that a lot of women have had for a long time. Many of us — especially I think...
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Maryland Gov. Hogan Announces $9 Billion Plan to Widen I-270, I-495 and BW Parkway
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on Thursday announced $9 billion in projects to add lanes to Interstate 270, the Capital Beltway and the Baltimore-Washington Parkway to ease congestion in the traffic-choked suburbs of the nation’s capital – a plan that includes toll lanes.
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Construction Begins on Maryland's Purple Line
The 16 miles of track will connect Montgomery and Prince George’s counties.