I have been told by railroad veterans that the last car on the train is usually the safest.

As someone who has spent thousands of hours commuting on trains in the past year, this news development greatly concerns me. It is alarming, not only because of the loss of life nd the hundreds of injuries but also because of the dangerous conditions commuters face on a daily basis.

Does this preventable train crash highlight Christie's failure to fund transportation? | Mulshine http://s.nj.com/0OyXpEV

Hoboken mother, 34, dead in major NJ Transit crash http://nydn.us/2dotiqI

US Senators plan to use their authority to reject or cancel another decision made by President Obama to overrule his 9/11 Bill veto.
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3113438-2016s2040veto-Msg-Rel.h…

If the legislative branch of our democracy is able to override this veto, then the bill that would allow families of Sept. 11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia and other countries over the attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people would be quashed.

The Donald and Hillary came out swinging in a contentious first nationally televised and streamed debate. Both entered the debate trying to win support from an unusually high number of voters who are probably undecided.

Government for the people and by the people exercised either directly or through elected representatives. The United States is not a direct democracy, in the sense of a country in which decisions and laws are made predominantly by majority vote.

Depending on which side of the aisle you fall under, there is something for everyone below:

it may be more theatrics than politics, but as the song says, tonight won't be just any night. Millions of people will watch Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump in the first presidential debate.

Tonight is the matchup we’ve all been waiting for. Hillary and Donald will debate for the first time at Hofstra University in Hempstead, Long Island. Both candidates call New York home.

In the first step to victory, both must lay out a clear agenda of how they plan to move America forward during the next four years with a do nothing Congress.