Trump administration begins firings of FAA air traffic control staff just weeks after fatal Washington DC plane crash – US politics live | US news
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The Associated Press reported that the Trump administration had started to launch several hundreds of Federal Aviation Administration employees, and raised the number of employees at a weekend of a crowded air travel weekend and just weeks after a fatal outdoor collision at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
David Spiro, head of the Union of Professional Aviation Safety Specialists, said in a statement that the monitoring workers were targeted in the last night emails on Friday to notify them that they were expelled.
Air Movement Observer at the Associated Press said that affected workers include employees who were appointed to the FAA, landing and maintenance of navigational aid. Air traffic controller was not allowed to speak to the media and spoke on the condition that his identity was not disclosed.
Spearo said that the messages started to arrive after 7 pm on Friday and continued late at night. He said that more may be notified during the long weekend or prevented from entering the FAA buildings on Tuesday.
Spearo said that the employees were launched “without reason or based on performance or behavior”, and emails “from” Microsoft ” – and not a government email address.
FAA firing hit when you face a shortage of control units. Federal officials raise concerns about the superior air traffic control system for employees for years, especially after a series of nearby calls between aircraft at US airports. Among the reasons for employee deficiency are non -competitive wages, long transformations, intensive training and mandatory retirement.
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we Foreign Minister Marco Rubio He was meeting on Monday with Kingdom of Saudi Arabia The Foreign Ministry, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, said during the first tour in the first Middle East in the Middle East.
Meeting Riyadh A Foreign Ministry official said.
Rubio was expected to be discussed Donald Trump A wide -scale criticism plan for the United States to control the Gaza Strip and move its Palestinian population elsewhere, according to Reuters reports.
We have another report on Tax Authority A story earlier (see post 11.31), From my colleague Edward Helmore In New York.
the we According to what was reported, the Federal Tax Collection Agency is preparing to give a team member Elon Musk “DOGE), which has already destroyed many federal agencies and sparked multiple lawsuits, and access to personal taxpayers data.
New York Times and Washington Post Both of them stated early on Monday that the internal revenue service had received a request to reach a classified system that contains sensitive personal financial records.
The request, which is said to be reviewed, is granted Doug officials “widely accessible to the tax agency, property groups and data groups, including tax declarations.”
One of these, the integrated data retrieval system (IDRS), gives the tax agency employees the ability to see the accounts of the Tax and Banking Information Department, according to the Washington Post.
“Waste, fraud, and abuse were very solid in our broken system for a very long time,” said Harrison Fields, White House spokesperson. “It takes direct access to the system to determine and fix it.”
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“Great shock”: Julian Moore’s children’s book is being reviewed by the Trump administration
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Julian Moore said it is a “great shock” to know that someone wrote it was “Prohibited by the Trump administration” Among the schools that serve the children of American military personnel and civil defense employees.
The Boogie Nights and Mary & George Star wrote that it was “really sad” of news in Instagram post Sunday.
Last Monday, the Ministry of Defense distributed a memorandum stating that it is examining libraries books, “Perhaps it is related to gender ideology or the issues of discriminatory stock ideology.” After reaching all libraries books, it was suspended for a week for review, “a small number of elements” was identified and kept “for more review.”
FreshleFace Moore, a story about a girl who does not hate freckles but learns to live with them, is among the books that occurred in reviewing the blanket, according to the list The guardian got it. However, it is not known whether the title has been chosen for further review or to withdraw.
Moore said: “It is a book I wrote to my children and other children to remind them that we are all struggling, but they are united by our humanity and society.”
The library’s books review is part of the examination of all “educational resources”, according to the Ministry of Defense, to verify that its schools are in line with Trump’s recent executive orders. End of fundamental indoctrination in education K-12 and Defending women from the extremism of gender ideology.
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The United States meeting in Russia in Riyadh, not Ukraine, “negotiation” – Washington
The meetings between US and Russian Officials in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia On Tuesday, it should not be considered “negotiations” on UkraineA US State Department spokeswoman, Agency France-Press said.
Tami Bruce said on Monday: “I do not think that people should look at this as something related to detail or proceeding with a kind of negotiation,” Tami Bruce said on Monday. Trump Did the officials assign “effectively follow up” on Wednesday’s call with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.
the French president, Emmanuel MacronTalk to the president Trump Before an unofficial meeting European Leaders in Paris UkraineThe French presidential official said on Monday.
Trump to nominate the senior prosecutor Martin for a permanent period as an American lawyer in the capital
Donald Trump Senior Public Prosecutor in Washington will nominate, Edward MartinFor a full and lasting term like we Trump said on social media on Monday, a lawyer in Colombia County, on social media on Monday.
Martin is already in this role in temporary energy. His candidacy will need to be approved by the Senate.
Last month, Martin asked the judge to drop charges against a man who participated in January 6, 2021, to attack the American Capitol, who also represented him as a defense lawyer.
Lawyers are generally prevented from taking both sides in the same case, and the US Department of Justice regulations require lawyers to step down from cases that involve their former customers for at least a year.
Martin, who said he was present outside the Capitol during the siege, also two other persons condemned to participate in an attempt to cancel Trump’s defeat in the elections for the year 2020. He made a mistake in the Ministry of Justice for what he described as a misconduct in the investigation of the attack.
A spokesman for Martin Reuters told the earlier this month that he was consistent with the requirements of his position.
Trump gave the compassion on his first day in his position to almost 1,600 people accused of playing a role in riots.
The United States says that its meeting with Russia is to determine what is possible in Ukraine
Talks between we and Russian Officials scheduled for Tuesday in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia It is to determine what is possible to end Russia’s war in UkraineUS State Department spokesman Tami Bruce said on Monday.
Bruce told the correspondents in Riyadh The meeting, which includes the Foreign Minister Marco RubioNational Security Adviser at the White House Mike Walz And the Middle East envoy Steve WitkevIt was a step to determine whether the Russians were serious about the conversations towards peace.
Bruce said:
This is a follow -up to that initial conversation between [Russian President Vladimir] Putin and President [Donald] Trump is about perhaps if this first step is possible, then what are the interests, if it can be managed.
Trump starts shooting at FAA air traffic controller
The Associated Press reported that the Trump administration had started to launch several hundreds of Federal Aviation Administration employees, and raised the number of employees at a weekend of a crowded air travel weekend and just weeks after a fatal outdoor collision at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
David Spiro, head of the Union of Professional Aviation Safety Specialists, said in a statement that the monitoring workers were targeted in the last night emails on Friday to notify them that they were expelled.
Air Movement Observer at the Associated Press said that affected workers include employees who were appointed to the FAA, landing and maintenance of navigational aid. Air traffic controller was not allowed to speak to the media and spoke on the condition that his identity was not disclosed.
Spearo said that the messages started to arrive after 7 pm on Friday and continued late at night. He said that more may be notified during the long weekend or prevented from entering the FAA buildings on Tuesday.
Spearo said that the employees were launched “without reason or based on performance or behavior”, and emails “from” Microsoft ” – and not a government email address.
FAA firing hit when you face a shortage of control units. Federal officials raise concerns about the superior air traffic control system for employees for years, especially after a series of nearby calls between aircraft at US airports. Among the reasons for employee deficiency are non -competitive wages, long transformations, intensive training and mandatory retirement.
Solar energy was launched in the red states. Trump financing freezing causes panic
Stephen Star
Mike Mike is heading to see through sheets of foggy rain while driving through the working -class neighborhoods Columbus, A strange city in South Indiana.
He is trying to find the highest center, multi-family family homes and rent-backed property-more than 530 in total-that he and many locals hope to get $ 4.42 million in federal funding for solar electricity projects.
But now the money is in danger.
On January 20, Donald Trump stopped billions of dollars in financing federal grants for clean energy and other projects throughout the country that the Biden administration started A new green deal.
“We have worked brilliantly on a plan since April 2023 that would provide solar energy for hundreds of families in the Low and Mediterranean Columbus neighborhood.” The project was expected to be launched in April, with the previously approved funding that it was provided by February 14.
“Unless the Trump administration operates 180 degrees on financing, it is clear that this expectation will not be fulfilled.”
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Trump’s envoy will visit Russia, Ukraine, Ukraine on Thursday
My colleague Jakub Krupa leads our live coverage in Europe today. He has more details about the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Commenting on the United States talks, Russia in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
In the comments reported by the Associated Press and Reuters, he said Ukraine He will not participate in United States Russia This week talks about ending the war and will not accept the results of the conversations if Ukraine does not participate.
Talk to journalists in a collective call from United Arab EmiratesZelinski said that his government was not invited to the planned talks on Tuesday in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
He said they “will not result in any results,” given that there are no Ukrainian officials.
He said: “Ukraine considers any negotiations on Ukraine without Ukraine as an occasion that has no result, and we cannot get to know … any agreements about us without us.”
Keith Kilog is expected to visit the Trump administration envoy Russia-Ukraine, Ukraine on Thursday.
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