Trump appoints new FAA administrator after vacancy during deadly plane crash. Here's what to know
President Trump appointed Christopher Rocheleau, a 22-year FAA veteran, as acting administrator of the agency.
Trump Names Acting FAA Administrator After Fatal Collision
Mike Whitaker, unanimously confirmed as the FAA administrator in October 2023, stepped down early from his five-year term on ...
Trump bashes decade-old memo calling FAA ‘too white,’ blames DEI for D.C. crash
Before holding a moment of silence for the deceased, Trump bashed the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) policies on ...
Trump, without evidence, appears to blame FAA DEI programs as factor in collision
Donald Trump appeared to place blame on DEI initiatives at the Federal Aviation Administration while speaking on the tragic plane crash in Washington, D.C.
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Did Donald Trump’s firing of aviation officials make the DC crash likelier? Doubtful, experts say
BREAKING NEWS: A passenger jet collided midair with a black hawk helicopter and crashed into the Potomac River in a mass casualty event in Washington DC. Just last week, Trump FIRED the heads of the ...
Trump sparks outcry with implication that DEI policies are at fault in D.C. midair collision
In his first news conference since the aircraft collision over the Potomac River, President Donald Trump on Thursday implied ...
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Midair collision kills 67 people in the deadliest US air disaster in almost a quarter century
A midair collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines flight from Kansas killed all 67 people aboard the two ...
President Trump blames diversity hiring as investigation into deadly midair collision begins
As the nation reeled from the deadliest American aviation disaster in more than two decades, President Donald Trump on ...