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How mass layoffs at Education Department could impact student loans, FAFSA

2 months ago | washingtonpost.com | Laura Meckler |Danielle Douglas-Gabriel |Nick Mourtoupalas |Szu Yu Chen |Andrew Tran

It took less than a day forsomething important at the Education Department to stop working. The Trump administration had promised that massive staffing cuts would not impact the process students use to apply for federal financial aid. Then on Tuesday, two dozen workers who help manage a key piece of the system were among the hundreds laid off. The next day, access to the online Free Application for Federal Student Aid, known as the FAFSA, went in and out for four hours.
Musk’s DOGE says it has saved $55 billion. Not so fast.

2 months ago | msn.com | Dan Keating |Andrew Tran |Rachel Lerman |Jon Swaine

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DOGE says its savings total $55 billion, but analysis shows it’s less

2 months ago | washingtonpost.com | Dan Keating |Andrew Tran |Rachel Lerman |Jon Swaine

Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service claimed this week to have saved an estimated $55 billion through a combination of layoffs, canceled contracts, lease renegotiations and other actions. But a list that it posted of contracts and leases suggests that number is inflated. DOGE has pledged to significantly reduce the size of the federal government, both in terms of workforce and spending. Its representatives have been dispatched to more than a dozen agencies to assess programs and work to cut staff.
3D analysis shows how helicopter pilots could have mixed up jets in DCA crash

2 months ago | shorturl.at | Imogen Piper |Evan Hill |Alex Horton |Meg Kelly |Frank Hulley-Jones |Irfan Uraizee | +2 more

On the night of Jan. 29, an Army Black Hawk helicopter collided with an American Airlines passenger jet over the Potomac River in Washington, killing all 67 people on both aircraft. Aviation experts have since raised the possibility that, after being alerted by air traffic controllers to the presence of the jet, the helicopter crew might have mistaken that plane for anotherincoming jet in the distance.
3D analysis shows how helicopter pilots could have mixed up jets in DCA crash

2 months ago | washingtonpost.com | Imogen Piper |Evan Hill |Alex Horton |Meg Kelly |Frank Hulley-Jones |Irfan Uraizee | +2 more

February 14, 2025 at 6:00 a.m. ESTJust nowOn the night of Jan. 29, an Army Black Hawk helicopter collided with an American Airlines passenger jet over the Potomac River in Washington, killing all 67 people on both aircraft. Aviation experts have since raised the possibility that, after being alerted by air traffic controllers to the presence of the jet, the helicopter crew might have mistaken that plane for anotherincoming jet in the distance.
3D analysis shows how helicopter pilots could have mixed up jets in DCA crash

2 months ago | flipboard.com | Imogen Piper |Evan Hill |Alex Horton |Meg Kelly |Frank Hulley-Jones |Irfan Uraizee | +2 more

4 hours agoDespite the hype, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's first visit to Washington under Donald Trump's second term was a sober, business-first affair - unsurprising for a working visit, which lacks the pomp of a state visit. Trump announced expanded US military sales to India from 2025, including …
Pilots got 100 collision warnings for helicopters near National in past decade

Feb 13, 2025 | msn.com | Ian Duncan |Daniel Gilbert |Michael Laris |Lori Aratani |Andrew Tran

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Pilots got 100 collision warnings for helicopters near National in past decade

Feb 13, 2025 | washingtonpost.com | Ian Duncan |Daniel Gilbert |Michael Laris |Lori Aratani |Andrew Tran

Airline pilots received more than 100 cockpit warnings over the past decade that they were in danger of a midair collision with a helicopternear Reagan National Airport, according to flight-tracking and government incident data, a record of repeated risks compiled by air traffic controllers before the Jan. 29 crash that killed 67 people. A Washington Post examinationof the records reveals the potential for an airborne collision was more frequent near the airport than has been previously disclosed.
Trump wants to substantially cut the federal workforce. Here’s what it looks like.

Feb 12, 2025 | msn.com | Hannah Dormido |Nick Kirkpatrick |Kate Rabinowitz |Andrew Tran

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Federal workers are face major cuts under Trump. Here’s what it looks like.

Feb 12, 2025 | washingtonpost.com | Hannah Dormido |Nick Kirkpatrick |Kate Rabinowitz |Andrew Tran

On Tuesday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that seeks “large-scale reductions” in the federal workforce. The move was the latest in a series of actions by the administration, carried out largely by billionaire Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service, to make substantial cuts to government workers.