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US President Donald Trump speaks about the mid-air crash between American Airlines flight 5342 and a military helicopter in Washington, in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on January 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. (OLIVER CONTRERAS/AFP via Getty Images)

Experts slam Trump DEI crash claims

Griffin Eckstein
Ai learning in vehicles (Getty Images/lupengyu)

Trump's transit fantasy: Privatize it

Russell Payne
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks in the State Dining Room of the White House on March 15, 2021 in Washington, DC. The administration announced on Monday that Gene Sperling, a former top economic official in the last two Democratic presidential administrations, will oversee the rollout of the $1.9 trillion coronavirus stimulus package that Biden signed into law last week. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Biden's job plan can build racial equity

Larry Buhl - Capital & Main
(Getty Images)

Why Warren Whitlock was fired

Alicia Mundy - DCReport
Man's hand holding a glass with transparent liquid (water or liquor), inside an airplane (Getty Images)

DOT protecting airlines from civil fines

Amy Martyn - FairWarning
Elaine Chao; Mitch McConnell (Getty/Jeff Swensen)

How Elaine Chao favored Kentuckians

Travis Gettys - Raw Story
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao (Getty/Alex Wong)

Elaine Chao faces stock scandal

Matthew Rozsa
(Getty/shaunl)

Car accidents continue despite advances

Alva O. Ferdinand - The Conversation
(AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump's shady team

Robert Faturechi - ProPublica
(AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Truckers vs. safety

Paul Feldman - FairWarning
(AP/Luann Hunt)

Lindsay Abrams
(tcly/Shutterstock)

Lindsay Abrams
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Tom Wheeler (AP/Susan Walsh)

Faine Greenwood - GlobalPost
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