World Feb 03 WATCH: USAID 'attitude' not aligned with U.S. national interest, Rubio says Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke for the first time about thousands of USAID employees who have been laid off and programs that have been shut down.
World Feb 03 Rwanda-backed rebels declare unilateral ceasefire but still control the major Congo city they seized The Rwanda-backed rebels who seized a major city in eastern Congo have declared a unilateral ceasefire, citing humanitarian grounds.
Nation Jan 31 A quick guide to the NTSB as it investigates the D.C. plane collision WASHINGTON (AP) — A collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and an Army helicopter near Washington, D.C., that killed 67 people brought renewed focus on the federal agency charged with investigating aviation disasters. National Transportation Safety Board Chairwoman Jennifer…
Politics Jan 30 WATCH: Trump signs aviation order to assess 'damage' done to air safety by diversity policies Signing the memorandum in the Oval Office, Trump repeated – without evidence – his earlier assertions that federal diversity programs contributed to a helicopter and a regional jet colliding near Washington.
Nation Jan 30 WATCH: Plane that collided with military helicopter in 'standard flight pattern,' Duffy says Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, who was sworn in earlier this week, said on Thursday both an American Airlines passenger jet and a U.S. Army helicopter were in standard flight patterns before they collided above Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington,…
Politics Jan 30 WATCH: NTSB holds news conference on aircraft collision in Washington, D.C. National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy said Thursday that black boxes from the aircraft have not been recovered yet as officials investigated the cause of a deadly midair collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines flight from…
Nation Jan 30 Passengers on downed flight included young American figure skaters and Russian coaches A crash between an American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter killed teen figure skaters from the Skating Club of Boston along with their mothers and coaches Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov. Skating organizations in Philadelphia and the Washington area…
Nation Jan 30 Live updates: Passenger jet and Army helicopter collide at D.C. airport A collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and an Army helicopter at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport near Washington, D.C, killed 67 people, including more than a dozen figure skaters.
Politics Jan 29 Trump wants to hold up to 30,000 detained migrants at Guantanamo Bay. Here's what to know President Donald Trump, who made the deportation of immigrants a central part of his campaign and presidency, said Wednesday that the U.S. will use a detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to hold tens of thousands of people who can't be sent back…
Politics Jan 29 WATCH: Trump signs Laken Riley Act, law making it easier to detain people in U.S. illegally At the signing of the Laken Riley Act, Trump said Wednesday that he is directing the opening of a detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to hold up to 30,000 migrants who are living illegally in the United States and…