Their plane struck an Army helicopter over the Potomac River only minutes before they were scheduled to land at Ronald Reagan National Airport, which is close to Washington, D.C. The deaths of the three troops on the Black Hawk chopper and all 60 passengers and four crew members on American Eagle Flight 5342 were sealed in a horrific moment that was caught on camera and broadcast around the globe. I don't think we will locate any survivors at this time. Following a desperate but fruitless search for survivors of the Wednesday night collision, Fire Chief John Donnelly declared Thursday that Washington, D.C. Stay tuned for real-time updates. The flight originated in Wichita, Kansas, and carried over a dozen passengers, including those returning from a training camp after the 2025 U.S. Figur...

This week, a Missouri woman who was involved in the Capitol riot on January 6 and who President Donald Trump subsequently pardoned was given a 10-year term for killing a mother of two in a drunk driving accident. After the Trump supporters' mob stormed the Capitol in 2021, Emily Hernandez was spotted carrying the damaged nameplate of then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. She was released after 30 days in federal prison. According to court documents, she was given a 10-year prison sentence on Wednesday in Missouri state court for her role in a drunk driving accident in 2022 that claimed Victoria Wilson's life and gravely injured her husband, Ryan Wilson. Tonie Donaldson, the mother of Victoria Wilson, told reporters outside the court that nothing would ever bring her back. There is an unfilled ...

According to U.S. Figure Skating, legendary figure skater Dick Button passed away on Thursday. He was the voice of the sport on television and won two Olympic gold medals on the rink. Button was ninety-five. Button's death was first reported by the Associated Press, who cited his son Edward, who did not specify the cause of death. Later, the news of Button's death in North Salem, New York, was confirmed by U.S. Figure Skating, which was already in shock after over a dozen aspiring participants were killed in a midair crash over the Potomac River near Washington, D.C., on Wednesday night. According to a statement from the American governing organization of the sport, "U.S. Figure Skating mourns the loss of the legendary Dick Button," Figure skating was changed by the two-time Olympic champi...

WashingtonTrump's nominee for a 10-year term as director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Kash Patel, disassociated himself from Trump's broad pardon of Jan. 6 rioters on Thursday, telling the Senate Judiciary Committee that he did not believe violent rioters who attacked law enforcement should be given a pass. During his confirmation hearing, Patel stated, "I have always rejected any violence against law enforcement, and I have included in that group specifically addressed any violence against law enforcement on January 6." "I do not agree with the commutation of any sentence of any individual who committed violence against law enforcement." The president's decision to pardon almost all of the Jan. 6 offenders, with the exception of a few whose sentences were commuted, caused a rif...

Louisiana's Baton Rouge. A federal statute requiring young individuals to be 21 years old in order to purchase handguns was overturned by a U.S. appeals court on Thursday, citing Second Amendment violations. Following a historic 2022 U.S. Supreme Court decision that expanded gun rights, the finding, which was rendered by a panel of three judges on the conservative U.S. 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, came amid significant changes in the country's weapon laws. The court determined that it should not be illegal for those between the ages of 18 and 20 to purchase firearms. In the end, the court stated in its decision that the Second Amendment's language protects the right to keep and bear arms for those who are between the ages of 18 and 20. The decision returns the case t...

WASHINGTON — On Wednesday night, a commercial airplane crashed with a military helicopter in midair close to Reagan Washington National Airport, killing sixty-four individuals on board. The Army Black Hawk and the American Eagle airplane are both in the Potomac River. There were three people aboard the Black Hawk. The crash happened just before 9:00 p.m. ET. Go here to watch live broadcast. Speaking to reporters in the White House briefing room Thursday morning, President Donald Trump described the fatal incident as a tragedy of horrific proportions and stated that no one survived. We mourn for every beautiful soul that has been taken from us so abruptly, Trump said, adding that it was a dark and agonizing night in our nation's capital and in our history. It was a tragedy of horrible dimen...

WASHINGTON — Senator Bill Cassidy, R-La., raised questions Thursday about Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s suitability to oversee the nation's biggest and most influential health agency going forward. In Kennedy's campaign for the position of secretary of health and human services, Cassidy, a physician, has become a crucial swing vote. Prior to this week, Kennedy testified before two committees, the Finance Committee and the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, both of which Cassidy heads. In the weeks following President Donald Trump's announcement that he would nominate Kennedy, who has a lengthy history of anti-vaccine agitation, Cassidy has been silent about his thoughts of the man. Cassidy stated at the conclusion of the hearing on Thursday that he was "struggling" with Kennedy's ...

Washington One current and three former FBI officials said Thursday that some high-ranking FBI executives who were elevated by previous Director Christopher Wray were urged to retire or quit, and that if they don't, they will be demoted or reassigned. A half-dozen executive assistant directors, some of the bureau's top administrators in charge of criminal, national security, and cyber investigations, are among the senior personnel being purged. They cannot be fired without cause because they are career civil workers. Go here to watch live political coverage. A former official speaking to FBI personnel said there is a lot of resentment because the impacted staff aren't regarded as political players in any way, while a current FBI official told NBC News that the move would be extremely dis...

Federal prosecutors filed an enlarged indictment against Sean Diddy Combs on Thursday, accusing him of forcing two more women into commercial sex acts and dangling a person over an apartment balcony. In September, Combs was charged with sex trafficking, racketeering, and transportation to engage in prostitution in the Southern District of New York. Two additional victims are charged with transportation to engage in prostitution in the new indictment, but no new charges are added to his case. The latest petition claims that Combs coerced victims, including but not limited to three female victims, into performing commercial sex acts by using force, threats of force, and compulsion. According to the supplementary indictment, one of the additional allegations is that Combs hung a victim over t...

At the Boston Skating Club in Norwood, Massachusetts, Nancy Kerrigan approached the microphone with a noticeable tremor. She had just learned of the tragedy that occurred Wednesday night, when a commercial airliner crashed into a military helicopter in midair close to Reagan Washington National Airport, killing sixty-four individuals on board. According to CEO Doug Zeghibe, two coaches, two skaters, and two mothers were among the six victims who were connected to the Boston club. According to him, the group was on its way home from Wichita, Kansas, where they attended the National Development Camp for the U.S. Figure Skating Championships. The club's alumnus and two-time Olympic figure skating medalist Kerrigan talked while crying. For live coverage, follow along. Kerrigan stated, "We just...