First responders work the scene after a small plane crashed in Philadelphia on Friday. Matt Rourke/AP hide caption
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, MEXICO - U.S. Border Patrol agents and the Texas National Guard monitor the border between El Paso, Texas and Ciudad Juarez on January 24, 2025. Anadolu/Anadolu via Getty Images/Anadolu hide caption
No other state has sided with Trump's immigration initiatives like Texas
An American Airlines aircraft takes off from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport as emergency workers continue to search the wreckage of the aircrafts that crashed into the Potomac River Wednesday night. An American Airlines flight from Wichita, Kansas collided midair with a military Black Hawk helicopter while on approach to DCA airport. Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images hide caption
In this Aug. 29, 2006, photo, a police officer guards the wreckage of Comair Flight 5191 at Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Ky. The crash killed 49 passengers and crew. Ed Reinke/AP hide caption
Shoppers exit a Costco warehouse in Cranberry, Pa., on Jan. 28. Gene J. Puskar/AP hide caption
President Trump arrives to speak at the House Republican members conference dinner at Trump National Doral Golf Club in Miami on Jan. 27. Mark Schiefelbein/AP hide caption
Fog surrounds a Coast Guard vessel with a crane as it works near the wreckage of a Black Hawk helicopter in the Potomac River on Friday near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Va. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption
Punxsutawney Phil makes his annual winter forecast to Groundhog Club Inner Circle President Tom Dunkel, left, who looks on as the groundhog is held by A.J. Dereume on Feb. 2, 2024. The Inner Circle's members have "the Groundhog gene," Dereume says. Jeff Swensen/Getty Images hide caption
From left: Travis Kelce, football person; Mona Lisa, smirker; RFK Jr., falconer. Jamie Squire/Getty Images; Bertrand Guay/AFP via Getty Images; Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption
In this image provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, wreckage is seen in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Washington. Petty Officer 2nd Class Taylor B/U.S. Coast Guard/AP hide caption
Mario, who is in the U.S. without legal status, shows a social media hoax he saw on his phone warning of immigration checkpoints in Sacramento, Calif. Jude Joffe-Block/NPR hide caption
Immigrants are being swamped with social media rumors about possible raids
Thursday
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is President Trump's pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. He faced more tough questions in his second confirmation hearing, held Thursday before the Senate HELP Committee. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images hide caption
The U.S. Army has identified two of the three service members who were killed Wednesday when their helicopter crashed into an American Airlines flight over the Potomac River. They were identified as Chief Warrant Officer 2 Andrew Loyd Eaves, 39, of Great Mills, Md., pictured left, and Staff Sgt. Ryan Austin O'Hara, 28, of Lilburn, Ga. U.S. Army hide caption
The FDA has upgraded a recall of over 6,000 bags of Frito-Lay Lay's Classic Potato Chips to a Class I recall, the agency's highest level of severity. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption