An air traffic controller at Reagan National Airport reportedly left early on Wednesday before the deadly collision between an American Airlines flight and a military helicopter.

Ric Grenell has traveled to Venezuela to meet with socialist dictator Nicolas Maduro and demand that he accept deported criminals from the U.S. and release American hostages.

A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans found a federal law that prohibits adults aged 18-20 from buying handguns violates the Second Amendment.

Two planes aborted landings at Reagan National Airport in the past week due to military helicopters in their flight path, according to the Washington Post.