The Federal Aviation Administration is facing its first major aviation disaster in 16 years without a leader because Elon Musk helped push him out. Michael Whitaker stepped down as FAA administrator ...

"This was not the enemy," press secretary Karoline Leavitt said, attributing the statement to President Donald Trump.

President Trump appointed Christopher Rocheleau, a 22-year FAA veteran, as acting administrator of the agency.

Federal Aviation Administration Chief Michael Whitaker resigned from his position just 10 days before the deadly plane and Black Hawk helicopter crash over Washington, DC, Wednesday. Whitaker ...

The world’s richest man apparently thought it was a good idea to bully the Federal Aviation Administration chief out of his ...

There’s one problem though. While that office may be ready to go to work, the FAA itself is not fully on the job. That’s ...

Top officials at the Federal Aviation Administration, including then-Administrator Michael Whitaker, pushed last summer to close one of three runways at Washington's Reagan National Airport ...

Trump also announced that he was naming Chris Rocheleau (right) to be acting FAA administrator — replacing Michael Whitaker, who resigned on Jan. 20. Getty Images Trump also announced that he was ...

MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow explained how pressures and supposed demands from Elon Musk led to former Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) administrator, Michael Whitaker, quitting his job on ...

Rachel Maddow tells the story of how the former FAA administrator, Michael Whitaker, fell afoul of Elon Musk and was driven from his position upon Donald Trump taking office. With Trump's ...

The Federal Aviation Administration is facing its first major aviation disaster in 16 years without a leader because Elon Musk helped push him out. Michael Whitaker stepped down as FAA ...