Former transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg has been talked about as a potential 2028 Democratic presidential nominee.

President Donald Trump slammed former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg for running the agency "into the ground" following the D.C. plane crash disaster.

Pete Buttigieg, former transportation secretary and former South Bend mayor, called Trump's comments during today's press briefing "despicable."

"Despicable. As families grieve, Trump should be leading, not lying. We put safety first, drove down close calls, grew Air Traffic Control, and had zero commercial airline crash fatalities out of millions of flights on our watch," Buttigieg wrote on X.

Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg criticized Trump on Thursday for his reaction to the devastating incident after Trump baselessly blamed the Biden administration’s policies for threatening air safety. Buttigieg called out the president for “lying” about the crash in a post on social media platform X.

Trump left more questions than answers in his expletive attacks on Democrats and diversity practices during Thursday's press conference.

In his first news conference since the aircraft collision over the Potomac River, President Donald Trump on Thursday implied that diversity, equity and inclusion programs could be the cause, although an investigation has only just begun into the fatal disaster.

Trump said he didn't know what caused the crash but "we have some very strong opinions and ideas."

Former Republican Rep. Mike Rogers plans to run again for U.S. Senate in 2026, according to the Associated Press. The Associated Press reported Thursday, Jan. 31, citing two sources familiar with Rogers' plans, that Rogers is readying to announce a bid for the Senate seat being vacated by retiring Democratic Sen. Gary Peters.

President Trump blamed DEI for a deadly midair crash over the Potomac, sparking a fierce debate on race and diversity in the workplace.

Investigators recovered the black boxes from a passenger plane that collided mid-air with a military helicopter killing all 67 people.