A midair collision near D.C. has raised concerns over FAA staffing, prompting scrutiny of air traffic control and aviation safety oversight.

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.

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,

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

President Donald Trump on Thursday blasted the Federal Aviation Administration's DEI standards at a press conference addressing Wednesday night's deadly plane crash in Washington, 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.

BREAKING NEWS: A passenger jet collided midair with a black hawk helicopter and crashed into the Potomac River in a mass casualty event in Washington DC. Just last week, Trump FIRED the heads of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and the Coast Guard, and… pic.twitter.com/211yDQ0I9l

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.

Trump acknowledged it was too soon to draw conclusions but nonetheless moved to assign blame. Trump said he had no evidence to support his claims that diversity initiatives and hiring preferences played a role in the crash.

The Federal Aviation Administration’s preliminary report on the D.C. plane crash goes against everything the president has said thus far.