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Biden Announces Health Grants, Receives Frosty Welcome in First Visit to East Palestine

Demonstrators greeted President Biden in the eastern Ohio village impacted by Norfolk Southern’s toxic train derailment.
Biden Announces Health Grants, Receives Frosty Welcome in First Visit to East Palestine
Members of a nonprofit organization working to improve environmental and health conditions in East Palestine demonstrate before President Joe Biden's visit on Feb. 16, 2024. Jeff Louderback/The Epoch Times
Jeff Louderback
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EAST PALESTINE, Ohio—Boisterous supporters of former President Donald Trump shouted, “One year too late” as President Joe Biden’s long motorcade arrived in downtown East Palestine on Feb. 16.

It marked President Biden’s first visit to the eastern Ohio village that became a household name across the United States when a Norfolk Southern freight train carrying hazardous chemicals derailed on Feb. 3, 2023.

Jeff Louderback
Jeff Louderback
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Jeff Louderback covers major news and politics, including the Make America Healthy Again movement and regenerative farming. Since joining The Epoch Times in 2022, he has covered national elections, the Robert F. Kennedy Jr. presidential campaign, the East Palestine train derailment, and the aftermath of Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina. Jeff has 30-plus years of professional experience as a reporter, editor, and author.
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