On 29 January, a plane crash in Washington D.C. occurred when a commercial jet, preparing to land at at Reagan Airport with 60 passengers and four crew, collided with a US Military Black Hawk helicopter with three soldiers on board. There were no survivors.

Markets are in absolute free fall in America as Donald Trump’s reign sparks terror across American business. Big markets are down a lot: the S&P 500 is down nearly 10 per cent from its February peak. Smaller markets have plummeted even more. The Nasdaq has collapsed around 12 per cent, while crypto is a total bloodbath.

US President Donald Trump has refused to rule out a recession this year and admitted inflation could rise, as he blamed instability and market fluctuations on his controversial trade tariff strategies

President Trump signed into law the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in 2017. That legislation reduced individual and corporate taxes, which helped boost economic growth. In fact, U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) increased at 2.7% annually from 2017 to 2019, a full percentage point faster than the average over the previous decade.

A reported asked if the crash, one of multiple high profile accidents or close calls this year, had anything to do with federal worker firings at the Department of Transportation.

President Donald Trump was asked about Sunday's plane crash in Lancaster County. A reported asked if the crash, one of multiple high profile accidents or close calls this year, had anything to do with federal worker firings at the Department of Transportation.