Helicopters should be barred from a four-mile stretch over the Potomac River when flights are landing on Reagan National Airport’s Runway 33, National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy said as the NTSB unveiled “urgent safety recommendations” after the deadly mid-air collision in January.

Helicopters should not be allowed to travel over a four-mile stretch over the Potomac River following the deadly air collision near Washington in January, according to urgent safety

GOP lawmakers in Congress are proposing treating the city like a federal agency in their latest spending bill.

The Senate will vote this morning on the stopgap funding bill to avoid a government shutdown. A bill D.C. leaders said means a $1 billion cut to the District’s budget.

The NTSB issued its preliminary report on the midair collision between a passenger plane and helicopter over Washington, D.C., in January.