Biden Declines to Visit Ohio Toxic Train Wreck Site, Orders Door-to-Door Checks Instead

President Joe Biden departs from at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., on Feb. 16, 2023. Andrew Harnik/AP Photo

President Joe Biden has ordered federal officials to do door-to-door checks on families in East Palestine, Ohio, but said he has no immediate plans to visit the village where a train derailed three weeks ago, spilling toxic chemicals.

The White House said Biden has directed teams from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to visit East Palestine homes starting on Saturday.