President Donald Trump's rapid reshaping of the federal government continues with executive orders and action from his acting agency heads.Following the federal blocking of the Office of Management and Budget’s memo ordering federal departments to cease spending on financial assistance programs,

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.

The country’s first major air disaster in more than 15 years hit while the Federal Aviation Administration doesn’t have a permanent leader. President Trump hasn't named a nominee for FAA administrator,

Musk has publicly clashed with the FAA and its former chief, Michael Whitaker. The Federal Aviation Administration is facing its first major aviation disaster in 16 years without a leader because Elon Musk helped push him out.

While that office may be ready to go to work, the FAA itself is not fully on the job. That’s because it’s without an administrator. Michael Whitaker, who had led the administration since Oct., 2023, stepped down earlier this month,

The FAA is actively recruiting workers who suffer severe intellectual disabilities, psychiatric problems, and other mental and physical conditions," Trump said.

President Trump implied diversity push in the Federal Aviation Administration may have played a role in the crash, injecting a partisan note just moments after sounding a moment of unity and grieving.

Former President Trump made unsubstantiated claims about a midair collision, linking it to FAA diversity policies from the Obama and Biden administrat

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.

President Trump, without evidence, is questioning the actions of the Army helicopter pilot and air traffic controller in a deadly midair collision.

In his first news conference since the aircraft collision over the Potomac River, President Donald Trump on Thursday implied that diversity, equity and inclusion programs could be the cause, although an investigation has only just begun into the fatal disaster.