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The mid-air collision over the Potomac River that led to the deaths of 67 people, 64 people on the jet and three on the helicopter, was caused by pilot error an initial NTSB report claims. The report cites the altitude of the helicopter, which was at 300 feet, 100 feet over the 200 feet limit.

Video of the crash leaked by airport workers shows the helicopter appears to have had plenty of time to see the plane and get out of the way. The airport workers were arrested. The pilot is Rebecca Lobach, whose social media presence appears to have been scrubbed before her name was released. Her family, reportedly, was worried she would be called a DEI hire.

NTSB Update Confirms Black Hawk Helicopter Made Crucial Error Before Plane Crash– www.westernjournal.com
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The National Transportation Safety Board released an update on Tuesday informing the public that the Black Hawk helicopter that collided with an American Airlines plane in Washington, D.C., last week was flying too high at the time of the crash.

The agency found that the Black Hawk was positioned at 300 feet on the air traffic control display.

That is 100 feet higher than the ceiling of 200 feet for helicopters in the National Capital Region, according to a report from Fox News.

The report confirms earlier analysis of the crash, including from President Donald Trump, who wrote in a post on Truth Social that the “helicopter was flying too high, by a lot. It was far above the 200 foot limit.”

But it leaves key questions unanswered, particularly the cause of the error: Malfunctioning equipment? A mistake by the pilot? Some other reason?

The NTSB also recovered various parts of the Bombardier CRJ700 operated by American Airlines from the Potomac River.

The parts include the “right wing, center fuselage, part of the left wing and left fuselage, significant portions of the forward cabin and cockpit, vertical and horizontal stabilizers, tail cone, rudder, elevators, TCAS computer and quick access recorder.”

 

Two DC Airport Workers Arrested Over Plane Crash Footage

But he said that the American commercial air travel system remains safe.

“We have the safest skies in the whole world. Traveling by air is the safest mode of transportation,” Duffy said.

“It’s not just air traffic controllers, but we do have technologies on airplanes to keep them separated,” he added. “So, yeah, no, this is the safest system.”

Duffy also criticized the diversity hiring that has occurred for air traffic controllers and said that the country should instead focus on hiring the most qualified candidates.

“You can’t focus on diversity, equity and inclusion when you try to hire air traffic controllers. You focus on the best and brightest,” Duffy added.

“I mean, again, some people like me like to have this conversation around equity. But if it’s your pilots or if it’s your air traffic controllers, you want the best. You want the brightest protecting yourself and your family. That’s what we’re going to do with the department.”

Anti-Trump protesters storm LA freeway and face off with police in riot gear during daylong demonstration agai – Daily Mail
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Protestors waving Mexican flags stormed the 101 Freeway and to block the roads and clash with cops in riot gear as darkness fell in Los Angeles on Sunday night.

Hundreds demonstrated against Trump’s sweeping deportation efforts and orders to expand migrant arrests just outside the Grammy Awards at the Crypto.com Arena – sparking scenes of defiance and chaos in the culturally diverse metropolis.

Police in riot gear stood shoulder to shoulder in an attempt to stop the protestors spreading down the road.

El Salvador offers to house violent US criminals and deportees of any nationality in unprecedented deal with Trump administration– www.cnn.com
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El Salvador has agreed to house violent US criminals and receive deportees of any nationality, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Monday, in an unprecedented – and legally problematic deal – that has alarmed critics and rights groups.

Rubio unveiled the agreement after meeting with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, as part of a tour of several Central American countries intended to consolidate regional support for the Trump administration’s immigration policy.

“In an act of extraordinary friendship to our country … (El Salvador) has agreed to the most unprecedented and extraordinary migratory agreement anywhere in the world,” Rubio told reporters Monday.

The country will continue accepting Salvadoran deportees who illegally entered the US, he said. It will also “accept for deportation any illegal alien in the United States who is a criminal from any nationality, be they MS-13 or Tren de Aragua and house them in his jails,” he said – referring to two notorious transnational gangs with members from El Salvador and Venezuela.

Robert F Kennedy Jr is one step closer to becoming the new Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary after the Senate Finance Committee voted on a partisan basis 14-13 to send the nomination to the Senate floor.

Senate Committee Approves Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s Nomination– www.lifenews.com
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The Senate Finance Committee has voted to advance Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination to lead the Department of Health and Human Services in a narrow 14-13 vote. His nomination now heads to a full Senate vote.

During the committee hearings, Kennedy worked to allay pro-life concerns about approving him to run the department despite his pro-abortion views. He said he would fully implement pro-life policies from President Donald Trump. He also said he would study dangerous aboriton pills and protect docotrs who don’t want to be forced to do abortion.

So far, more than 20,000 U.S. Federal workers have taken President Donald Trump’s buyout offer. This accounts for 1% of the total Federal workforce and is far short of the overall goal set by the White House, with consultation by DOGE, of 5%. “Insiders” talking to various press outlets expect a lot more buyouts to come before the final deadline to accept the offer expires.

UPDATE: 20,000 Federal Workers Have Taken President Trump’s “Buyout” — And Counting– wltreport.com
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What’s better than firing people?

Getting them to quit on their own, especially when you’re operating in the minefield of federal workers.  Because of course The Swamp has built several protections into the system to protect itself.  After all, it wouldn’t be The Swamp if it didn’t!

But President Trump and DOGE are already making tremendous progress, trimming 20,000 bloated federal workers from the payroll — and counting!

Yes, this only amounts to about 1% of the federal workforce, but you have to start somewhere.

And pretty soon all these 1% gains are going to start stacking up!  They already are.

Axios was the first to report on the story:

About 20,000 federal workers have accepted the “buyout” offer put forward by the Trump administration last week, a senior administration official tells Axios.

Why it matters: It’s a significant number of people — about 1% of the federal workforce — but still substantially less than the White House’s target of 5% to 10%.

The offer is open through Thursday, meaning the total could rise, despite heavy opposition from unions and others.

What they’re saying: “We expect more to come. If you see what’s happening at USAID, it’s just one piece of the puzzle,” the official said, referring to the rapid restructuring of the federal agency that oversees foreign aid programs.

Aside from the pace of resignations, the official said, the administration is still trying to implement a hiring freeze.

In case you missed it, here was our original report:

BREAKING: President Trump To Offer Buyout To ALL Federal Workers, Expected To Save $100 Billion PER YEAR!

BREAKING: President Trump To Offer Buyout To ALL Federal Workers, Expected To Save $100 Billion PER YEAR!

Yesterday, I reported that there are some very brilliant “secret plans” in the works for DOGE and they would be rolling out soon.

If you missed that report, you can see it here:

Marc Andreessen Saw The “Secret Plans” For DOGE and it “Blew His Mind”

Today it looks like they’re already starting to roll out — and Elon Musk himself said this is just the tip of what’s coming!

First was this:

“Hold The Fake News Accountable For Their Lies” – Trump Administration Launches ‘Rapid Response’ Social Media Account

Then this:

JUST IN: US Pauses $50M Gaza Condom Aid

And now a BIG one….

You might even say “Big League”!

According to Axios and NBC News, the Trump Administration is getting ready to offer a buyout to ALL federal workers (2+ million of them).

The buyout will give an incentive for workers to resign, thereby shrinking the federal payroll, shrinking one component of the entrenched “Deep State” and saving billions.

In fact, it is estimated that 5-10% of the federal workforce might accept this offer, which is estimated to result in about $100 BILLION of savings….per year!

Here are more details, from Axios:

The White House will issue a memo Tuesday offering to pay federal workers who don’t want to return to the office through Sept. 30, as long as they resign by Feb. 6, an administration official tells Axios.

Why it matters: It’s an acceleration in President Trump’s already unprecedented purge of the federal workforce.

What they’re saying: “The government-wide email being sent today is to make sure that all federal workers are on board with the new administration’s plan to have federal employees in office and adhering to higher standards. We’re five years past COVID and just 6 percent of federal employees work full-time in office. That is unacceptable,” a senior administration official tells Axios.

  • The White House expects 5% to 10% of federal employees to accept the offer, which would potentially mean hundreds of thousands of people.
  • The administration projects the buyouts could ultimately save taxpayers up to $100 billion a year.

Zoom out: The offer applies to all full-time federal employees, except for military personnel, the Postal Service, and those working in immigration enforcement or national security.

The big picture: The memo is just the latest step in the White House’s unprecedented move to push career federal workers out of their jobs, and, observers say, replace them with loyalists — a return to a patronage system that federal law sought to banish more than a century ago.

NBC News confirms:

President Donald Trump’s administration is set to offer every single federal worker the chance to take a “deferred resignation” with a severance package of roughly eight months of pay and benefits.

A senior administration official told NBC News that they expect 5%-10% of the federal workforce to quit, which, they estimate, could lead to around $100 billion in savings.

“American taxpayers pay for the salaries of federal government employees, and therefore deserve employees working on their behalf who actually show up to work in our wonderful federal buildings, also paid for by taxpayers,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement. “If they don’t want to work in the office and contribute to making America great again, then they are free to choose a different line of work, and the Trump Administration will provide a very generous payout of 8 months.”

That would sure be a great start for DOGE and for the Trump Administration, don’t you think?

Absolutely brilliant, but then I would expect nothing less from Trump and Elon.

Way to go fellas!

The UK’s Kier Starmer stated his cabinet’s policies regarding Brexit include a “reset” but not a “return” to the EU. The comments came during German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’ visit to the UK. He called for there to be “closer ties” between the UK and the EU.

Starmer said “I have been very clear (…) that I do want a reset of the relationship between the UK and the EU. That does not involve a return to the European Union. We had a referendum here on that, and that matter is settled… I think that is certainly in the UK’s best interest, I do believe it’s in the EU’s best interest, and already I hope that in the last seven months there has been a manifest difference in approach, tone and relationship,”

UK PM vows to ‘reset’ ties with EU but rules out rejoining the bloc – efe.com
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United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Sunday pledged to “reset” the United Kingdom’s relationship with the European Union but ruled out rejoining the bloc, which the UK left in 2020.

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has become a den of leftist slush funds laundering U.S. tax dollars from alleged international outreach efforts to far-left radical activist organizations. Elon Musk’s DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency) uncovered the rot, forcing a dramatic showdown at the Department of State that led to the laying off of two leaders at USAID.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed the shutting down of USAID, stating “Consistent with President Trump’s Executive Order on Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid, Secretary Rubio has paused all U.S. foreign assistance funded by or through the State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) for review. He is initiating a review of all foreign assistance programs to ensure they are efficient and consistent with U.S. foreign policy under the America First agenda.”

Trump Just Froze USAID. Here’s Why.– townhall.com
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Last week President Donald Trump took executive action to freeze the vast majority of all foreign aid payments made through the United States Agency for International Development. Secretary of State Marco Rubio took swift action to comply.

“Consistent with President Trump’s Executive Order on Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid, Secretary Rubio has paused all U.S. foreign assistance funded by or through the State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) for review. He is initiating a review of all foreign assistance programs to ensure they are efficient and consistent with U.S. foreign policy under the America First agenda,” the State Department released in a statement about the move.

“President Trump stated clearly that the United States is no longer going to blindly dole out money with no return for the American people. Reviewing and realigning foreign assistance on behalf of hardworking taxpayers is not just the right thing to do, it is a moral imperative. The Secretary is proud to protect America’s investment with a deliberate and judicious review of how we spend foreign assistance dollars overseas,” the statement continues.

The review of USAID spending has been underway and is ongoing. The findings, detailing how USAID spends American tax dollars, are astonishing.

Meanwhile, U.S. Envoy for Special Projects Richard Grenell is calling for an investigation into for USAID director Samantha Power.

 

Billions of dollars in value were lost in the tech market, which also includes the Chinese tech market, after a Chinese-owned tech company released a powerful AI reasoning model called DeepSeek that is far cheaper and a little more powerful than current AI models like ChatGPT. The world’s richest 500 people lost over $100 billion after the market responded to the stunning news.

Marc Andreesen, who created Netscape Navigator, called the release “AI’s Sputnik moment,” referring to the shock in America when, in 1959, the Soviet Union successfully launched a space satellite called Sputnik at a fraction of the cost of then-current U.S. programs. Donald Trump said of the “Sputnik moment,” that it “should be a wake-up call for our industries that we need to be laser focused on competing to win.”

DeepSeek AI Triggers A Collective Loss of $94 Billion In Wealth Of Tech Billionaires, Mark Zuckerberg And Jeff – Times Now
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DeepSeek AI has taken the tech industry by storm with its cost and resource-effective advanced-language model. DeepSeek engineers claim that their open-source language learning model utilises fewer and cheaper chips to perform the same tasks as any other AI model out there at a ‘shoestring cost’ of $5.6 million. This has led many investors to rethink why a significant capital investment is required to build the strongest models when a competent AI model has been developed at a fraction of development costs.
DeepSeek AI is reportedly outperforming ChatGPT in areas such as mathematics and coding, positioning itself as a new competent AI model. The Chinese AI startup quickly emerged as the no.1 free app on the iOS app store, emerging as a free alternative against ChatGPT. DeepSeek performs all the functions of an open-source AI language learning model by utilising just 2000 chips, DeepSeek engineers reported. Whereas ChatGPT required 10,000 Nvidia GPUs to process its training data.
DeepSeek AI was founded in 2023, by Liang Wenfeng. Headquartered in Hangzhou, China, this new AI model is set to revolutionise the tech industry as it has successfully developed artificial general intelligence at a comparatively low cost…
As per a report by Bloomberg, billionaires tied to artificial intelligence suffered losses. Huang’s wealth decreased by $20.1 billion, a 20% decline, while Oracle Corp. co-founder Larry Ellison’s $22.6 billion loss was greater in absolute figures, yet only accounted for 12% of his total fortune, as per the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Michael Dell of Dell Inc. saw a $13 billion decrease in his wealth, while Binance Holdings Ltd. co-founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao lost $12.1 billion.

Following the now-viral moment where LA Marxist Mayor Karen Bass was told directly by President Donald Trump that she should let the people clean up their own properties, residents continue to be denied access to their own property.

Trump excoriated her to use her emergency powers to cut the red tape that might delay them from seeing their homes for months, if not years, yet residents are reporting she continues to deny them access to their own property, citing concerns for their “safety.”

The January 15 order from LA County Health Officer Dr. Munta Davis is still in effect. It states, “No removal of fire debris resulting from the Critical Fire Area in Los Angeles County shall occur from properties without a hazardous materials inspection conducted either by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency or California Department of Toxic Substances Control …”

LA Defies Trump, Forbids Residents to Clean Sites– www.westernjournal.com
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Los Angeles is preventing residents from going to their properties, much less starting the process of cleaning them up.

L.A. County Health Officer Dr. Muntu Davis issued the no debris removal order.

His calling card includes promoting a “health equity framework within government agencies,” and the top value listed on his county health office website is “equity.”

The Jan. 15 order from Davis read in part, “No removal of fire debris resulting from the Critical Fire Area in Los Angeles County shall occur from properties without a hazardous materials inspection conducted either by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency or California Department of Toxic Substances Control …” The order listed a few other government agencies that could also do the inspection.