President Donald Trump has fired more than 10,000 federal workers, including with the FAA, IRS and more. Here's which agencies were affected and why.
The layoffs come amid ongoing concerns about flight safety following a spate of incidents involving aircraft in the U.S.
Fox News host Bill Hemmer challenged Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy after he slashed nearly 400 jobs at the Federal Aviation Administration amid airplane disasters. During a Monday interview, Duffy said he had instructed his employees to email Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to explain why they should keep their jobs.
One Democrat called the firings "stupid beyond belief" as staffing shortages at FAA put flight safety at risk.
The firings hit the FAA when it faces a shortfall in controllers. The Donald Trump administration has begun firing several hundred Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) employees, upending staff on a busy air travel weekend and just weeks after a January fatal mid-air collision at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
President Donald Trump's official name change from the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America began rolling out on Monday, with the FAA and Google Maps updating their systems.
It took only a month for Americans to turn on Donald Trump — but then again, the president has been working hard to alienate large swaths of the nation by heartlessly and indiscriminately firing federal employees,
Donald Trump has made good on a promise to slash hordes of workers from the Federal Aviation Authority, despite four deadly air crashes during his short second tenure as president, according to CNN. A raft of termination emails were reportedly fired off on Friday,
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt has blasted Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) for suggesting President Trump was partly to blame for the Delta Air Lines jet that crash-landed and flipped over in Toronto,
President Donald Trump has fired hundreds of FAA employees, including air traffic control staff.
President Donald Trump's administration continues to purge government workers across all departments, raising questions about the future of the Federal Aviation Administration and air traffic controllers.
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand held a news conference Thursday demanding that President Donald Trump "answers" for firing Federal Aviation Administration employees.