At Baltimore Key Bridge, Biden pledges federal support ‘until the cement has dried’

Published April 5, 2024 3:53pm ET



BALTIMORE — President Joe Biden reiterated Friday in Baltimore that the federal government will provide total assistance to the city as it cleans up and rebuilds the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge.

The president’s trip comes less than two weeks after the March 26 collapse and roughly a month after he visited East Palestine, Ohio, the site of the 2023 Norfolk Southern train derailment. The Biden White House was heavily criticized for waiting an entire year before traveling to East Palestine, where residents and local officials are still grappling with the economic and potential health fallout of the Norfolk Southern accident.

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