During his Thursday press conference about the deadly Wednesday collision between a passenger jet and military helicopter near Reagan National Airport, President Donald Trump repeatedly suggested there was a link between the tragedy and diversity hiring policies at the Federal Aviation Administration.
President Donald Trump's rapid reshaping of the federal government continues with executive orders and action from his acting agency heads.Following the federal blocking of the Office of Management and Budget’s memo ordering federal departments to cease spending on financial assistance programs,
While that office may be ready to go to work, the FAA itself is not fully on the job. That’s because it’s without an administrator. Michael Whitaker, who had led the administration since Oct., 2023, stepped down earlier this month,
IT issues at Frontier Airlines triggered a brief ground stop at all of the U.S. budget carrier's destinations on Thursday evening, according to an advisory from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration.
A former FAA official and Embry-Riddle professor is urging a thorough investigation into what caused the American Airlines crash in Washington, D.C.
Nebraska Congressman Don Bacon sent his condolences to the families grieving the loss of all the passengers, crew members and soldiers that lost their lives in that deadly collision.
Trump offered no evidence that diversity hiring practices contributed to the fatal plane and helicopter collision.
President Donald Trump blasted the Federal Aviation Administration's DEI standards at a press conference addressing Wednesday night's deadly plane crash in Washington, D.C. on Thursday.
Trump said he didn't know what caused the crash but "we have some very strong opinions and ideas."
The deadly collision between a passenger jet and a military helicopter near Washington, D.C. on Wednesday night came a week after President Donald Trump ordered changes to Federal Aviation Administration hiring policies which the White House claimed would restore “excellence and safety” at the agency.
An American Airlines regional jetliner coming from Wichita, Kansas, collided midair with a Black Hawk military helicopter near Washington D.C.'s Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, officials said.