News for January 31, 2025

The Trump administration is planning to end a Biden-era immigration program and strip legal status from many migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela.

Some federal websites, including pages tied to the FAA and Justice Department, briefly went dark as President Donald Trump’s administration moved to remove language and content linked to “gender ideology” and DEI.

The FAA is under renewed scrutiny after a 2018 near-collision near Reagan National Airport closely echoed the deadly crash this week.

Mexico reported a large fentanyl bust as President Donald Trump prepared to impose new tariffs on Mexican goods over drug trafficking and migration.

Trump’s stepped-up immigration arrests are putting pressure on ICE to find much more detention space to hold people before deportation.

The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the deadly crash between an Army Black Hawk helicopter and American Eagle Flight 5342, with the helicopter’s flight path and altitude becoming the main focus.

A New York doctor, Dr Margaret Carpenter, has been indicted in Louisiana for allegedly sending abortion pills to a teenager, in a case that raises a clash between state abortion laws and New York's shield protections.

A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from freezing federal funding, saying the White House budget office likely acted illegally.

Trans military pilot Jo Ellis posted a video to deny false social media claims that she flew the helicopter in the deadly Washington, D.C., crash.

An American Airlines crash over Washington, DC, has renewed warnings that the FAA and the US air traffic system are under strain and may face more deadly close calls.