Why the federal government is paying upfront to fix the Baltimore bridge

After President Joe Biden said the federal government would pay to replace Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, a project estimated to cost from $400 million to over $1 billion, some social media users questioned why the company that owned the ship isn’t footing the bill. Biden, in March 26 remarks after the accident, said the federal government “will pay for the entire cost of reconstructing that bridge,” and he expected congressional support for that effort. “That ship was commissioned by a Danish company. It was operating under a Singapore flag...