Duffy also said he would cut DEI programs at the agency and create federal rules for self-driving cars instead of leaving that to a patchwork of state regulations, a key priority of Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who is running Trump’s government efficiency effort.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy had been sworn in just hours before the deadly midair collision of a plane and helicopter near Washington, D.C.

Search and rescue efforts are ongoing after an American Airlines jet carrying 64 people collided with a military Black Hawk helicopter Wednesday night. Keith Mackey, a retired pilot, discusses factors that may have led to the aircraft colliding.