The city had tried for years to host the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, and to get a direct flight to the northeast.

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While authorities focus on the cause of the US's deadliest aviation disaster since 2001, families are mourning their loved ones. Here's the latest.

But even accounting for serious accidents, "statistically speaking, you're safer in your flight than you were driving in your ...

The 1982 crash happened moments after takeoff in icy conditions in roughly the same place as Wednesday's collision between a jet and Army helicopter.

As rescue crews pulled bodies out of the Potomac River, and before officials could investigate what went wrong, President Donald Trump blamed a January 29, 2025 plane crash in Washington on diversity ...

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries responded to President Trump’s comment linking the DC plane crash to DEI policies, ...

The United States' streak of more than 15 years without a major fatal airline crash came to a shocking end this week.

President Donald Trump's tariffs will hurt everything from Washington farmers and seaports to customers and businesses, ...

In 2019, during his first presidency, Trump announced the new Air Force Ones would be donned in red, white and blue. But the ...