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Biden orders door-to-door visits after toxic US train derailment

Republicans have accused the Biden administration of ignoring the train derailment for over a week, an allegation the president denies [Alan Freed/Reuters]

United States President Joe Biden has directed federal agencies to go door-to-door in East Palestine, Ohio, to check on families affected by the toxic train derailment that has morphed into a heated political controversy.

Under Biden’s order on Friday, teams from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency will visit homes beginning on Saturday.

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