Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy promised to improve the nation's transportation infrastructure and systems after Vice President JD Vance swore in Duffy on Wednesday afternoon.

Duffy was sworn into the Cabinet position just hours before an American Airlines passenger plane collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac RiverSecretary of Transportation Sean Duffy,

The press conference ended at 1:20 a.m. on the East Coast, and Duffy was back at it at 7 a.m. Thursday morning to speak again about the worst commercial airline disaster in 16 years. He spoke at a third press conference at 11 a.m., this time following combative remarks from President Donald Trump.

Duffy also said he would cut DEI programs at the agency and create federal rules for self-driving cars instead of leaving that to a patchwork of state regulations, a key priority of Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who is running Trump’s government efficiency effort.

Sean Duffy has been officially sworn in as the new US Secretary of the Department of Transportation after receiving bipartisan approval in a Senate vote.

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According to federal statistics, there are 60,000 Department of Defense personnel in Colorado including active duty, National Guard and civilians. Defense spending amounts to nearly $13 billion annually, which is 2.7% of the gross state product.

“At the end of the day, I am confident that Sean is the right person for this job in this coming, upcoming administration,” Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) recently said to introduce Duffy before ...

A midair collision between a commercial jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Virginia resulted in 67 fatalities, with no conclusive evidence yet on the cause of the crash.

Here are live updates on the deadly collision between a passenger jet and an Army helicopter near Washington, D.C.

The first press conference of Trump’s second term had a lot in common with the freewheeling, falsehood-packed sessions of his first.

Facing his first crisis just two days into the job, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy touted reforms sought by the president, who has lambasted DEI policies.