The Latest Breaking News from Amtrak

Planes, trains, cabs, and buses across the US are dropping their mask requirements – even at Disney World

Masks were set to be mandatory until May 3 on planes, trains, in taxis and in transport hubs following the extension of the regulation by health officials

Better watch your speed, watchdog and others tell a flush Amtrak

WASHINGTON — America’s long-beleaguered and only interstate passenger rail service appears to have the wind at its back.

Amtrak has the wind at its back with federal funding from the bipartisan infrastructure law, but turbulence may be around the bend.

‘What we need is people to stand up for us when we’re not there’

As American conservatives wield baseless accusations of ‘grooming’ against political opponents, trans and gay people say they have been harassed or attacked by strangers shouting the same words, Io Dodds and Alex Woodward report

‘What we need is people to stand up for us when we’re not there’

The following excerpt is from the introduction of “Jill: A Biography of the First Lady,” by Associated Press journalists Julie Pace and Darlene Superville. The book details the life of Dr. Jill Biden. Superville covers the White House for the AP; Pace, a former White House correspondent and Washington bureau…

Passengers on U.S. airlines and public transit will get their first chance in more than a year to travel without a mask next week, if the federal government sticks to its current plan to let a pandemic-era mandate expire.

Thanks to billions of dollars in new federal cash soon to be flowing from last year’s Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), it seems halcyon days are coming for Amtrak riders.