Rail safety push wins committee approval with two-person crew mandate

The House Transportation Committee advanced the White House–backed Railway Safety Act amendment 54-11, mandating two people in freight-train cabs, plus hazmat and inspection enhancements and expanded wayside detectors, despite railroads’ opposition, as part of broader debates over a surface transportation bill and Trump’s push for the policy; the digest also covers NIH funding cuts pushback by Sen. Collins, GOP delays on an immigration enforcement bill, efforts to block a DOJ “anti-weaponization” fund, and other Capitol Hill updates including an Epstein interview.