President Donald Trump's administration continues to purge government workers across all departments, raising questions about the future of the Federal Aviation Administration and air traffic controllers.
Tim Miller, former RNC Spokesperson and John Heilelmann, Chief Political Columnist and Host of the "Impolitic" Podcast for Puck join Nicolle Wallace on Deadline White House to discuss the latest conflict of interest that Donald Trump is allowing involving Elon Musk’s Starlink which is set to score a massive government contract involving the FAA’s communication system,
There is a shortage of top-notch air traffic controllers,” Musk wrote on X. “If you have retired, but are open to returning to work, please consider doing so.” The billionaire and SpaceX boss made the plea just weeks after he and Donald Trump offered air traffic controllers a buyout offer to leave their positions.
By reputation, Elon Musk and Donald Trump are builders. Musk has grown two of the largest hardware-innovation companies in the world, Tesla and SpaceX. As for Trump, he once told Golf Digest: “I own buildings.
The Federal Aviation Administration is considering awarding Musk’s SpaceX a contract to provide Starlink internet service for its air traffic control communications network, possibly replacing a deal with Verizon, which was awarded a contract for the FAA’s internet technology in 2023, according to multiple reports.
Elon Musk said Thursday that he’s sending his Starlink satellite internet terminals to the Federal Aviation Administration while saying, without providing evidence, that current technology poses a risk to air travel safety.
Billionaire presidential adviser Elon Musk on Thursday falsely accused Verizon, a rival contractor of his SpaceX Starlink system, of putting U.S. air safety at risk through a communications system that is actually operated by L3Harris.
Earlier this week, it was reported that Trump’s spending freeze has halted a counter-narcotics program at the U.S.-Mexico border. Meanwhile, Trump is also threatening the entire European Union with a similar 25 percent tariff, further isolating the U.S. from its economic allies.
President Donald Trump‘s adversaries are punching back ... Canada and China implemented actions toward Musk’s companies, Tesla and Starlink, in retaliation against the United States’s ...
On January 27, the US president signed an executive order announcing the creation of an anti-missile shield with the deployment of 'interceptors' in space. Their function is intended to be defensive,
Reuters reported that Trump's Ukraine envoy Keith Kellogg warned Ukraine that the White House could turn off Starlink at a meeting on Thursday with Zelensky in Kyiv, if he did not sign the deal. The Russians also use Starlink and would gain a huge advantage, if they were to retain access, while Ukraine 's was disconnected.