Search and rescue teams hadn&t even finished pulling the bodies out of the Potomac River before Donald Trump began blaming diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programmes for the disastrous Wednesday night plane crash between a military helicopter and a commercial jet outside Washington that likely killed 67 people.

The victims of a crash between an American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter included teen figure skaters returning from a national meet-up with their mothers and coaches, a university student returning from her grandfather&s funeral and a group of hunters headed back from a guided trip in Kansas.

Palestinian militant group Hamas said on Friday it would free the father of the youngest hostages seized in its Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel and two others including a dual U.S. citizen in the next exchange of hostages for Palestinian prisoners.