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.

Rachel Maddow tells the story of how the former FAA administrator, Michael Whitaker, fell afoul of Elon Musk and was driven from his position upon Donald Trump taking office. With Trump's negligence toward assembling a competent government,

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he had appointed a former senior aviation official as the acting head of the Federal Aviation Administration, a day after the deadliest U.S. air disaster in more than 20 years.

Trump offered no evidence that diversity hiring practices contributed to the fatal plane and helicopter collision.

President Donald Trump on Thursday took executive action to address FAA hires and aviation safety after an Army Black Hawk helicopter collided with a passenger jet in D.C.

It appears that the first major air disaster in the U.S. since 2009 has occurred while the Federal Aviation Administration does not have a permanent leader.

Democrats previously hit out at the president's federal hiring freeze for hindering the "number one safety issue" in aviation.

Trump has never provided proof that a single DEI hire “failed to meet established standards,” one expert said.

US President Donald Trump blamed diversity hiring at the FAA and his Democratic predecessors for the American Airlines plane and helicopter collision over the Potomac River He provided no evidence and later admitted the investigation had just begun.

Air traffic controller 'left shift early' before American Airlines disaster - None of the 67 passengers and crew are believed to have survived, as investigators work on ‘black boxes’ found in the ruin

A day after the United States witnessed its deadliest aviation disaster in over two decades, a preliminary report from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) suggests the Reagan National Airport control tower — responsible for guiding pilots—was understaffed,