White House removes NTSB vice chair
Source: Reuters
White House removes NTSB vice chair
By David Shepardson
May 6, 2025 4:08 PM EDT Updated 2 hours ago
WASHINGTON, May 6 (Reuters) - The White House on Monday removed the vice chair of the National Transportation Safety Board, the latest in a series of dismissals by President Donald Trump from independent U.S. government agencies. ... Alvin Brown, a Democrat who was the first-ever African American elected mayor of Jacksonville, Florida, was designated as vice chair in December by then President Joe Biden after he joined the five-member board in March 2024.
A White House official confirmed the departure. Brown did not immediately return an email to his personal account seeking comment. … The NTSB investigates all civil aviation accidents. The board investigates significant accidents in other modes of transportation - highway, marine, pipeline and railroad - and determines the probable cause of accidents and makes safety recommendations.
Since January, Trump has fired two Democratic members of the Federal Trade Commision and members of the National Labor Relations Board, Merit Systems Protection Board and Federal Election Commission among others.
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