Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy immediately moved to roll back fuel efficiency standards moments after being sworn in Tuesday. Duffy released a memo ordering the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to review a Biden era rule that requires cars to be 2 percent more fuel efficient each year.
Authorities believe there were no survivors after an American Airlines flight collided with an Army helicopter on Wednesday.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy had been sworn in just hours before the deadly midair collision of a plane and helicopter near Washington, D.C.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said that the collision between an American Airlines passenger plane and an Army helicopter was preventable.
Sean Duffy has been confirmed as transportation secretary, giving him a key role in President Donald Trump's administration.
Read about the Senate confirmation of former congressman Sean Duffy as Transportation secretary and learn about the memo he signed concerning CAFE standards.
Duffy does not have a background in transportation, similar to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg when he arrived four years ago.
The Senate confirmed Sean Duffy as the secretary of transportation in a 77 to 22 vote on Tuesday.
An American Airlines jet with 60 passengers collided with an Army helicopter near Reagan National Airport, crashing into the Potomac River. At least 28 bodies have been recovered as officials investigate one of the deadliest U.
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday questioned the actions of the Army helicopter pilot and air traffic controller ahead of a deadly midair collision in Washington and quickly veered into politics to speculate that Democrats and diversity initiatives shared blame for the deaths of 67 people.
All 64 people aboard an American Airlines jet that collided with an Army helicopter were feared dead in what was likely to be the worst U.S. aviation disaster in almost a quarter century, officials said Thursday.