An airplane collided with a helicopter while trying to land at the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday night, officials said.
It felt like déjà vu, with a judge in Seattle knocking down a new president’s royal order. But it demonstrated something crucial: that democracy ain’t dead yet.
Law enforcement and other officials say an aircraft went down near Ronald Reagan National Airport, and all takeoffs and landings have been halted.
An American Airlines jet carrying 60 passengers and four crew members has collided with an Army helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, prompting a large search-and-rescue operation in the nearby Potomac River.
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U.S. District Court Judge John Coughenour’s ruling in the case brought by Washington and three other states is the first in what is sure to be a long legal fight over the order’s constitutionality.
U.S. District Judge John Coughenour, a Ronald Reagan appointee, told the court he could not remember in his more than 40 years on the bench seeing a case so "blatantly unconstitutional."
The judge, an appointee of Republican former President Ronald Reagan, dealt the first legal setback to the hardline policies on immigration that are a centerpiece of Trump's second term as president.
There was no immediate word on casualties. All takeoffs and landings from the airport near Washington have been halted.
An American Airlines jet with 60 passengers and four crew members aboard has collided with an Army helicopter while coming in for a landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington and multiple people were killed.
Seattle Judge John Coughenhour placed a temporary restraining order on President Donald Trump’s executive order which would effectively end birthright citizenship Jan. 23. This action would not revoke