Trump Blames D.C. Plane Crash on DEI, Without Citing Evidence

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🗓️ 30 January 2025

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P.M. Edition for Jan. 30. No survivors have been found in a midair collision of a plane and a military helicopter last night outside Washington, D.C. Plus, new data show that the U.S. economy grew more slowly last year than the year before. We hear from WSJ economics correspondent Harriet Torry about what that means for the economy in 2025. And investors that up until recently shied away from office space seem to be coming back. Journal reporter Peter Grant explains why. Alex Ossola hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:32.9	No survivors have been found from last night's plane crash, which President Trump blamed on diversity initiatives.
0:39.6	Plus, the U.S. economy is entering an uncertain 2025 after slower growth last year.
0:44.9	Consumers were really the driving force of economic growth in 2024. They really performed very strongly.
0:50.5	And is the office real estate market finally starting to turn around?
0:56.3	It's Thursday, January 30th.
0:58.6	I'm Alex Osloaf for the Wall Street Journal.
1:00.9	This is the PM edition of What's News,
1:03.9	the top headlines and business stories that move the world today.
1:11.5	Let's start with last night's deadly air crash. As we've been reporting, a plane carrying 64 passengers collided with a military helicopter
1:16.6	carrying three troops near Washington, D.C.'s Reagan National Airport, which has one of the most congested airspaces in the U.S. No survivors have been found.
1:26.1	Among the Jets passengers were U.S. figure skaters, coaches, and relatives returning from a training camp.
1:31.7	Russian media said three former world champions were on board. The crash is the deadliest on U.S. soil in more than two decades.
1:39.2	The National Transportation Safety Board, which is overseeing the investigation of the crash, said the aircraft's
1:44.3	flight data recorders haven't been recovered yet. In an address this morning, President Trump
1:49.2	claimed that the Federal Aviation Administration changed its standards under former President Joe Biden.
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