Two sources familiar with the plan told NBC News the Trump administration is considering pulling funding from TSA and redirecting it to ICE.

The Trump administration fired former head of the U.S. Coast Guard Admiral Linda L. Fagan, according to a bulletin sent to all Coast Guard employees, on Jan. 21, 2025. Snopes also confirmed that the Trump administration fired former Transportation Security Administration head David Pekoske and terminated all advisory committees at the U.

At around 9pm on Jan. 29, an American Airlines jet carrying over 60 passengers collided with an Army helicopter while flying over the Potomac River, causing the plane to plummet into the frigid waters below.

BREAKING NEWS: A passenger jet collided midair with a black hawk helicopter and crashed into the Potomac River in a mass casualty event in Washington DC. Just last week, Trump FIRED the heads of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and the Coast Guard, and… pic.twitter.com/211yDQ0I9l

One widely shared claim was that Trump fired 3,000 air traffic controllers shortly after taking office for his second term. One post alone (archived) making this claim had received more than 2.7 million views and 25,

TSA Administrator David Pekoske has been asked to step down from his role following Donald Trump’s second presidential transition.

In one of the first moves of his second term, Donald Trump fired TSA administrator David Pekoske, who he had first nominated in 2017.

Democratic California Rep. Norma Torres is doubling down on holding President Donald Trump responsible for contributing to the fatal aircraft