Washington — Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy had been sworn in for only a few hours when the first major commercial plane crash in the U.S. in more than a decade shocked the nation late Wednesday. The Senate confirmed Duffy, President Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Transportation, on Tuesday with significant bipartisan support, and
JERUSALEM—Hamas’s stage-managed release of Israeli hostages on Thursday was nearly derailed by an angry mob of thousands of Gazans. In the third round of hostage releases by Hamas, the Palestinian terrorist group released Agam Berger, a 20-year-old Israeli soldier, in a bizarre ceremony. Hours later, Hamas released Israeli civilians Arbel Yehoud, 29, and Gadi Moses,
Washington — President Trump spoke in the White House press briefing room Thursday morning in the aftermath of the deadly plane crash in the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., and sought to point blame for the tragedy on DEI initiatives and the Biden administration. The collision of a regional jet and a U.S. Army helicopter late
Bakari Sellers’s now-deleted post suggests Trump’s hiring freeze caused tragic crash Bakari Sellers (Neilson Barnard/Getty Images) CNN analyst Bakari Sellers wrote and later deleted an X post blaming President Donald Trump for Wednesday’s deadly midair collision between a commercial airplane and an Army helicopter near Washington, D.C. Sellers posted a screenshot of a statement from
The official is also taking steps to end several policies within the Department of Transportation. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy said on Jan. 29 that his department is taking action to remove stringent fossil fuel emission standards passed by the Biden administration. In December 2023, the Department of Transport’s Federal Highway Administration finalized a rule
Washington — President Trump is speaking in the White House press briefing room Thursday morning in the aftermath of the deadly plane crash in the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. The collision of a regional jet and a U.S. Army helicopter late Wednesday was the first major commercial plane crash in the U.S. in more than
Canadian officials are making a diplomatic push in Washington to avoid U.S. tariffs but ultimately they remain in the dark about U.S. President Donald Trump’s intentions, Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly said after meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Joly held a first meeting with Rubio in his new capacity on Jan. 29.