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Trump Gutted Key Aviation Safety Committee Before D.C. Plane Crash — Last week, just days after his inauguration, Donald Trump eliminated the membership of a key committee that handles aviation security. And on Wednesday night, a passenger plane collided with a military helicopter in the Washington, D.C., area.
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Plane crashes in D.C.'s Potomac River with 64 on board after midair collision with Army helicopter — live updates — What to know about the Washington, D.C., plane crash — Search efforts continue in the Potomac River after an American Airlines plane with 60 passengers and four crew …
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Trump Seeks, Without Evidence, to Blame D.E.I. and Democrats for the Crash — President Trump's remarks, suggesting that diversity in hiring and other Biden administration policies somehow caused the disaster, reflected his instinct to immediately frame major events through his political or ideological lens.
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Trump lashes out at Biden, DEI efforts after D.C. plane crash … President Donald Trump on Thursday blasted former President Joe Biden and Democratic diversity measures after a midair collision between an American Airlines regional jet and an Army Black Hawk helicopter above Washington, D.C., the night before.
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No survivors expected after midair D.C. plane crash, Trump speaks from White House — Officials believe that all passengers and crew onboard American Eagle Flight 5342, which collided midair Wednesday evening with an Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan National Airport, were killed.
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Live updates: Plane crashes into Potomac River after collision with helicopter near Reagan National Airport — A regional jet collided in midair with a helicopter while on approach to Reagan Washington National Airport around 9 p.m., the FAA said Wednesday evening in a preliminary update.
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Trump's Plane Crash Response Is as Cheap as You'd Expect
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It Had Been 16 Years Since a Fatal US Airlines Crash.
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The Atlantic, CBS News, Patterico's Pontifications, Digby's Hullabaloo and New York Post

Trump criticizes FAA diversity efforts after deadly plane crash, even as he says he doesn't know the cause yet
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Daily Mail, USA Today, CBS News, Mother Jones, Forbes, Townhall, The Gateway Pundit and Associated Press

Trump blames DEI for weakening FAA in aftermath of Reagan National plane crash
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NewsNation


Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez lays out battle plan against ‘shockingly dim’ Trump White House — The Trump White House this week sparked chaos across the nation when it issued an executive order that resulted in Medicaid portals getting shut down in all 50 states.
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The Memo That Shocked the White House
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MeidasTouch News and Digby's Hullabaloo

Inside 45 hours of chaos: The brief life and quick death of Trump's federal spending freeze
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Musk team's push to gut federal workforce bypassed key Trump officials
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Talking Points Memo and The Independent

White House regroups as funding freeze chaos recalls first term's travel ban
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Raw Story

Trump unleashed chaos by freezing and unfreezing $3tn in federal grants and loans. Why?
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The Nation and New York Times

White House rescinded funding memo after GOP senators ‘hit the ceiling’
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KSN-TV


Kash Patel declines to detail his grand jury testimony in Trump documents case — Kash Patel, Donald Trump's nominee to lead the FBI, declined to tell senators what he testified about when he appeared before a grand jury investigating Trump's handling of classified records after his first term ended.
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New York Times
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FBI Overhaul Off to a Rocky Start as Kash Patel Prepares to Defend His Vision
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People on Kash Patel's so-called ‘enemies list’ taking drastic steps for protection before his potential FBI takeover
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Robert Reich, Associated Press and Forbes


FAA Chief Quit on Jan. 20 After Elon Musk Told Him to Resign — The Federal Aviation Administration's leader stepped down on Jan. 20, months after Elon Musk demanded that he quit.The move by Michael Whitaker means the FAA has no Senate-confirmed leader for one of the biggest crises in its history …
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FAA Administrator Quit on Jan. 20 After Elon Musk Told Him to Resign
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The Verge and New Republic

FAA Lacks Administrator as Agency Probes Air Disaster
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Axios, Washington Examiner and Gizmodo


In Tense Call, Governors Push Schumer to Fight Harder Against Trump — On a call with Senator Chuck Schumer, the minority leader, six Democratic governors pushed him to slow down the confirmation of President Trump's nominees and to do more to block his agenda.
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Democrats to boycott committee vote on OMB nominee — Democrats on the Senate Budget Committee say they will boycott Thursday's scheduled vote on Russ Vought's nomination to lead the Office of Management and Budget. It won't affect the panel's ability to send Vought's nomination to the Senate floor …
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Axios and The Guardian

RFK Jr. gets tentative support from key GOP senator after first Senate hearing
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Former USDA Inspector General Defies Trump Order, Escorted from Her Office — Security agents escorted the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Agriculture out of her office on Monday after she refused to comply with her dismissal by the Trump administration, according to Reuters.
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Despite media reports, Trump has not offered federal employees a “buyout” — Anyone who has read reports in the Associated Press, the New York Times, CBS News, CNN, USA Today, the Los Angeles Times, NBC News, or Axios would be under the impression that the Trump administration …
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Trump and Musk Are Trying to Purge Veterans From the Government
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Criminal records of Jan. 6 rioters pardoned by Trump include rape, domestic violence — Editor's Note: This story includes descriptions of violent crimes and sexual abuse involving both adults and children that may be disturbing to readers. — On his first day in office …
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Raw Story


To Pay for Trump Tax Cuts, House GOP Floats Plan to Slash Benefits for the Poor and Working Class — A menu of options being circulated by congressional Republicans also includes new tax cuts for corporations and the ultrawealthy. — One of the hallmarks of Donald Trump's presidential campaign …


Trump's Inaugural Approval Rating Is Historically Low Again — Americans divided over whether Trump's pace in addressing major U.S. problems is about right or too fast — WASHINGTON, D.C. — At 47%, President Donald Trump's initial job approval rating for his second term is similar …
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The Guardian, Semafor and The Hill
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The Pretty Prudent American Public
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See what Tulsi Gabbard deleted from her Senate Intel opening remarks … - The opening remarks Gabbard first provided to the Senate Intelligence Committee included lines later removed from the final version that she delivered at Thursday's hearing, according to both copies obtained by Axios.
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Gabbard Says She's No One's ‘Puppet’ in Bid for Top Spy Job
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5 things to know about the fatal crash near Reagan National — An Army helicopter and an American Airlines passenger plane collided Wednesday night near Reagan Washington National Airport. Officials say a recovery mission is underway for the 60 passengers and four crew members onboard the flight …
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‘Several Members’ of U.S. Figure Skating Team Onboard American Airlines Plane That Crashed Over Washington, D.C.
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Tulsi Gabbard refuses to call Edward Snowden a “traitor” … “So, was Edward Snowden a traitor?” — Gabbard would not give a yes or no answer, saying only that she is “committed if confirmed as Director of National Intelligence to join you in making sure that there is no future Snowden-type leak.”
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Ogles: ‘Did DEI play a role’ in fatal DC plane crash? — Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) is questioning whether diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) played a role in the fatal plane crash at Reagan Washington National Airport outside of Washington, D.C. — Ogles, in an interview …
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Small airplane down in Potomac River near Ronald Reagan National Airport — A small aircraft is down in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and fireboats were on the scene, the Washington fire department said. — The airport said late on Wednesday that all takeoffs …
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RFK Jr. Says Trump Gave Him 1 Directive On The Abortion Pill — The drugs are used for 63% of abortion care and have been widely deemed safe by scientists. — LOADING — Abortion came up several times during the first of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s confirmation hearings for health secretary …
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Politico, The Post Millennial and CBS News


Trump Administration's Halt of CDC's Weekly Scientific Report Stalls Bird Flu Studies — The Trump administration has intervened in the release of important studies on the bird flu, as an outbreak escalates across the United States. — One of the studies would reveal whether veterinarians …
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Texas Standard


Pentagon agency pauses celebrations for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Black History Month and more — The Defense Department's intelligence agency has paused observances of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Pride Month, Holocaust Days of Remembrance and other cultural or historical annual events …
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ABC News and New York Times