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Trump admin rewrites nuclear safety rules. And, NTSB releases findings on D.C. crash

Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) during a NTSB hearing on Jan. 27 in Washington, DC. The NTSB is meeting to release the findings of its investigation into the January 2025 midair collision of a PSA Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 passenger jet and a U.S. military Sikorsky UH-60 Helicopter. Inaction by government agencies and other systemic failures contributed to a 2025 crash that was the worst US civil aviation disaster in more than two decades, the head of the US National Transportation Safety Board said.

NPR obtains documents showing the Trump administration secretly cut nuclear safety rules to fast-track new reactors. And, investigators blame systemic failures for a deadly midair crash near D.C.

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