The vice president and transportation secretary claimed that diversity hiring efforts had affected staffing levels among air traffic controllers, but there is no evidence that such efforts played a role in the crash.
“You can’t focus on diversity, equity and inclusion when you try to hire air traffic controllers,” Sean Duffy, the transportation secretary, said Sunday on Fox News.
The speed and scope of the import duties that President Trump unveiled in executive orders on Saturday prompted widespread criticism from many lawmakers, economists and business groups.
Fay Vincent in 1990 at a Texas Rangers game. He had been an official in the Securities Exchange Commission, chairman of Columbia Pictures and vice-chairman of Coca-Cola, but was best known as the commissioner of baseball.
Workers at the U.S. Agency for International Development are bracing for a loss of its independent status and sweeping layoffs as President Trump continues slashing foreign aid.
James E. Dennehy, the highly respected leader of the largest and most important field office in the bureau, said in an email to staff that the F.B.I. was in a “battle of our own.”
President Trump’s new tariffs on goods from Canada, Mexico and China are likely to result in higher prices for lots of products, including computers, tequila and gas.
The decision to revoke Temporary Protected Status signals that President Trump will continue to dismantle a program that aims to protect migrants from potentially dangerous countries.
A woman from Venezuela with her daughter in Denver last year. Revoking Temporary Protected Status protections broadens the group of individuals who will be without any form of status in the United States as President Trump plans mass deportation efforts.
President Trump has insisted that his new tariffs on America’s largest trading partners will not increase prices for Americans. But a review of how they work suggests that is not the case.
The Ambassador Bridge connecting Detroit to Windsor, Ontario. President Trump’s plan to impose a 25 percent tariff on automotive imports is causing economic uncertainty in Canada and beyond.
Senator John Curtis prides himself on collaborating with people who disagree with him. But with a Republican trifecta in place, it’s not clear whether Mitt Romney’s successor will follow in his footsteps.
At least 14 people were killed in Poltava, Ukrainian officials said, blaming Russia. Four died in Sudzha, a Russian town held by Ukraine, in a strike each country blamed on the other.
Rescuers carrying a body found at the site of an apartment building that Ukrainian officials said was hit by a Russian missile strike on Saturday in Poltava, Ukraine.
More than 50 interviews with Democratic leaders revealed a party struggling to decide what it believes in, what issues to prioritize and how to confront an aggressive right-wing administration.
Ken Martin, left, the new chair of the Democratic National Committee, with Jaime Harrison, the departing chair. The low-key race to lead the party committee focused more on internal mechanics than on bold visions.
A poll from The New York Times and Ipsos found that Americans believe abortion, L.G.B.T.Q. issues and climate change concern Democrats more than the cost of living.
The arrival of the first top Russian diplomat in Damascus since Bashar al-Assad’s fall kicks off negotiations over the fate of Moscow’s bases in Syria.
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