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    PoliticsUnited States

    Baier pushes back on Trump’s Strait of Hormuz claim: ‘Traffic has slowed … to a trickle’

    Fox News host Bret Baier pushed back Wednesday on President Trump’s claim that the U.S. “totally” controls the Strait of Hormuz, saying that traffic through the waterway has slowed down “to a trickle.” “Usually, about one-fifth of the world’s liquefied natural gas trade moves through there as well,” Baier said on Wednesday’s episode of “Special…

    The Hill

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    BusinessUnited States

    Freight railroads lose challenge to crew size rule

    A federal appeals court upheld a Federal Railroad Administration rule mandating certain trains must operate with two crew members after a challenge from railroad companies and industry groups. Six railroads and two trade groups — including Union Pacific Railroad, Berkshire Hathaway-owned BNSF Railway, the Association of American Railroads and the American Short Line and Regional…

    The Hill