The FAA directed questions about how the order would affect its hiring practices to the White House, which did not immediately respond to a request for comment on how the changes

U.S. politicians expressed grief and sympathy on Wednesday night after a passenger plane from Kansas collided with a military helicopter near Reagan National Airport.

Trump has yet to name his pick for FAA administrator following the departure of Mike Whitaker on Sunday. Sean Duffy currently awaits full Senate confirmation to become Transportation secretary, having had his nomination unanimously advanced by the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee on Wednesday.

President Donald Trump reacted Wednesday night after a plane from Wichita, Kansas, and a military helicopter collided near Reagan National Airport.

President Donald Trump's administration has released an update on the mysterious drones spotted flying over New Jersey beginning last fall: "This was not the enemy."

The White House said the mystery drones flown across New Jersey were "authorized to be flown by the FAA" in the first press briefing of the second Trump administration.

Donald Trump wished for God to bless the souls of those affected by the American Airlines regional passenger jet that crashed into a military helicopter Wednesday.

In her first-ever White House press briefing, Karoline Leavitt Tuesday said President Donald Trump has sent a message regarding the New Jersey drone mystery that they were not enemy, but were authorized flights for research and other reasons.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has confirmed that a "CRJ700 regional jet collided in midair with a Sikorsky H-60 helicopter while on approach to Runway 33

According to the White House Press Secretary Karoline Levaitt, the Federal Avivation Administration (FAA) had been given permission to fly the drones for "research and various other reasons"