White House plans to appoint a Republican, Democrat to railroad regulator, MSNBC reports

FILE PHOTO: Norfolk Southern Train rests near the University of North Carolina’s energy generation plant, after delivering coal, in Chapel Hill

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House intends to appoint a Republican and a Democratic member to the Surface Transportation Board railroad regulator, a MSNBC reporter said on X on Friday.

This comes after the White House said on Thursday that it had fired Surface Transportation Board member Robert Primus.

(Reporting by Jasper Ward)