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Did Donald Trump’s firing of aviation officials make the DC crash likelier? Doubtful, experts say

Days before a helicopter collided with a jet over the Potomac River, President Donald Trump fired aviation officials and changed aviation hiring policies. But experts find it unlikely that those actions would have contributed to the collision.

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FAA Hiring Policy Lambasted by Trump After DC Plane Crash Existed During His 1st Term

Trump implied that a long-standing FAA policy could be to blame for the deadly collision between an Army helicopter and a passenger airplane.

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Q&A on Trump’s Impending Exit from the World Health Organization

As part of a rash of executive orders completed on his first day back in the White House, President Donald Trump began the nation’s exit from...

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No, Barack Obama Wasn’t on Army Helicopter That Crashed Into American Airline Plane

Officials believe no one survived the collision near Washington, D.C., in late January 2025.

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Karoline Leavitt – No, the U.S. did not spend $50 million to fund condoms in Gaza

“DOGE and OMB also found that there was about to be $50 million taxpayer dollars that went out the door to fund condoms in Gaza.”

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Live: Fact-checking Senate confirmation hearings for Kash Patel, Tulsi Gabbard, Robert Kennedy Jr.

PolitiFact is live fact-checking the U.S. Senate's confirmation hearings for President Donald Trump's picks for FBI director, Kash Patel, and director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard.

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