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<p>CNN commentator Bakari Sellers apologized after deleting a tweet that seemed to place blame on Donald Trump for the midair crash over Ronald Reagan National Airport.</p>

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<p>Hamaad Raza devastatingly shared that his wife had been texting him while on board the <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/plane-crash-washington-dc-reagan-airport-potomac-river-live-b2688944.html">ill-fated flight from Wichita, Kansas to Washington DC </a>when it suddenly collided with a military aircraft at around 9 p.m. on Wednesday night</p>

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<p>Federal Aviation Administration map of Reagan National Airport, showing the runway on which AA5342 was due to land – starting at bottom right, marked 33</p>

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<p>Donald Trump gestures as he arrives for the Independence Day events at Mount Rushmore National Memorial in Keystone, South Dakota, July 3, 2020. A new bill proposes adding his face to the monument</p>

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<p>Trump has called on his First Buddy Elon Musk to return Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore to Earth </p>

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<p>Secretary of State Marco Rubio approved a waiver exempting humanitarian assistance after President Donald Trump ordered a freeze on foreign aid — but HIV medications are still in flux.</p>

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<p>The original ‘Little House on the Prairie’ series ran from 1974 to 1983</p>

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Ex-Eagles star Jason Kelce reveals if he's rooting for Philadelphia or brother Travis in the Super Bowl

<p>Vogue compares Melania Trump’s White House Portrait to a scene from ‘The Apprentice’ </p>

Vogue faces backlash from conservatives over ruthless takedown of Melania Trump's White House portrait

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