As Wednesday night's catastrophic crash between a military helicopter and a passenger jet near Washington, D.C., officially turned from a rescue to a recovery mission, there was a common question among observers: Why were the two aircraft flying so close to each other?

The U.S. Army described the helicopter as a UH-60 Blackhawk based at Fort Belvoir in Virginia. The helicopter was on a training flight. Military aircraft frequently conduct training flights in and around the congested and heavily-restricted airspace around the nation’s capital for familiarization and continuity of government planning.

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

A cornerstone of President Donald Trump’s bid to reshape the US immigration system has run into an early roadblock: an octogenarian federal judge in Seattle.

SEATTLE: A federal judge in Seattle has blocked an executive order by President Donald Trump aimed at restricting automatic birthright citizenship in the United States, describing it as

A federal judge in Seattle issued a blistering rebuke to block President Donald Trump's executive order to end birthright citizenship. A lawsuit filed Tuesday in the Western District of Washington came after Trump signed an executive order that claimed a baby born in America must have at least one parent who is either a citizen or a lawful permanent resident to automatically qualify

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."

U.S. District Judge John Coughenour, appointed by former President Ronald Reagan, signed the temporary restraining order on Thursday to block Trump’s action. Coughenour’s decision just days after a number of states, including New Jersey, sued the Trump administration over the move.

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.

Here are all the details about Reagan National Airport, which reopened Thursday morning after the nearby crash over the Potomac River on Wednesday night.

Families gathered at Reagan National Airport on Wednesday were met with devastating news as their loved ones' plane collided mid-air with a military helicopter.