"When you have statements in the press, very forceful, coming from the highest authority in the United States, people may be reluctant to tell their stories."

A midair collision near D.C. has raised concerns over FAA staffing, prompting scrutiny of air traffic control and aviation safety oversight.

After the Washington, D.C., plane crash, Trump said he previously set "extraordinary" standards for air traffic control employees.

It came hours after he announced he was immediately appointing Christopher Rocheleau, a 22-year veteran of the agency, in the wake of the deadly plane crash in Washington. "He's a very capable guy," Trump said of Rocheleau as he signed the order.

In the wake of a deadly air disaster, Trump and Musk aim to gut the federal workforce and eliminate regulatory efforts.

Donald Trump claimed, without citing evidence, that DEI initiatives at the FAA were partly to blame for the tragic plane and helicopter collision in D.C.

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump wasted little time this week trying to assign blame for the nation’s deadliest air disaster in more than two decades. Among his chief targets: An FAA diversity hiring initiative he suggested had undermined the agency’s effectiveness.

President Donald Trump has made eradicating DEI policies, something Florida has also done, a priority in his second term. What is DEI?

There is a good reason why American commercial airliners have safely flown billions of miles since the last major tragedy.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday the Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided with a regional passenger jet in Washington, D.C. was flying too high at the time of the accident, in what appeared to be a major disclosure about the investigation.

Rescuers were still pulling bodies from the Potomac River as Trump cast blame on the FAA, the Army, diversity programs and his predecessors.

MSNBC host Rev. Al Sharpton said on “Morning Joe” that Trump "has a racial obsession and he’s using whatever race-baiting he can to get elected." Kaine agreed with Sharpton on Friday, suggesting that Trump was using “race-baiting” to distract from his latest actions.