#pete-buttigieg

#pete-buttigieg

President Biden's budget plan, released on Thursday, routes about $1.2 billion to two of the biggest transit projects in New York City: the Second Avenue Subway extension and new train tunnels under the Hudson River.Because the funding was already allocated in the $1 trillion infrastructure bill that was signed into law in 2021, it does not require additional congressional approval, said Senator Charles Schumer, Democrat of New York and the majority leader.

There's never been any question that Pete Buttigieg is playing the long game, with an eye on the White House.(After all, he ran for president on the basis of being mayor of the 327th largest city in the country.)So it comes as no surprise that the current Secretary of Transportation has been quietly building the infrastructure for a future run for office.

The White House on Monday called on Mike Pence to apologize for his remark that Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg had gone on maternity leave, saying that the former vice president's homophobic joke at the Gridiron Club dinner on Saturday was offensive and inappropriate.The former vice president's homophobic joke about Secretary Buttigieg was offensive and inappropriate, all the more so because he treated women suffering from postpartum depression as a punchline, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement.

The Saturday Night Live opening sketch has reliably become a showcase for the cast member James Austin Johnson it's simply a matter of which political figure or celebrity he'll impersonate in the segment.This week the wheel was spun and it landed on former President Donald J. Trump, who on Wednesday visited the town of East Palestine, Ohio, the site of a train derailment that has led to a toxic chemical spill.

Flight attendants are lobbying for big changes in how infants and toddlers fly the friendly skies.The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, which has nearly 50,000 members across 19 airlines, is pushing for change to a decades-old rule that allows infants and toddlers under the age of two to fly for free if they sit in a parent or caregiver's lap during flights.

Pete Buttigieg knows how much of a pain it is to fly with your family.That's not because he travels a ton with his 1.5-year-old twins - nightmarish though it is to travel with one toddler (let alone two).Instead, it's because the man is U.S. transportation secretary and just made a small (but also huge!) change to the airline industry.

Chasten Buttigieg, the husband of Pete Buttigieg, criticized former Vice President Mike Pence's recent remark that the transportation secretary had gone on maternity leave, telling ABC's The View that the dig flies in the face of Pence's family values.Over the weekend, Pence, delivered the line at the annual Gridiron Club dinner in Washington an event that traditionally features politicians making jokes about notable Washington figures.

I had the honor of meeting actor Robert Clary and inviting him to speak to my foreign language students at Niles North High School in December 1983.He spoke in graphic detail about his experiences in a concentration camp as a young boy.He told us of the suffering and deprivation he experienced and how the lack of food prevented him from growing to his full potential.

Pristine Floyde searches for a friend's suitcase in a baggage holding area for Southwest Airlines at Denver International Airport on December 28, 2022, in Denver, Colorado.Michael Ciaglo / Getty Images Sen. Bernie Sanders on Wednesday urged the Transportation Department to ensure Southwest's chief executive pays a price for mass U.S. flight cancellations that have left passengers and employees stranded around the country, throwing lives into chaos and drawing further attention to the company's business practices.

After a three-year hiatus we're bringing back our year-end Streetsie Awards - and we're starting with some good news.Despite some significant bummers, street safety advocates posted some major legislative wins in 2022, and got the ball rolling on a few innovative initiatives that we hope will spawn copycats in 2023.