In a statement, President Trump said the drone flights that had gripped New Jersey were not enemy or foreign crafts.

Less than a day after the deadly collision of American Airlines 5342 and a US Army Blackhawk helicopter killed 67 people over the Potomac River, President Donald Trump said common sense already told him what to blame: diversity programs creating a class of unqualified federal workers.

Research and various other reasons' behind hullabaloo - but why didn't someone say that a month ago? Time to pack it up and go home, drone conspiracy theorists: The White House has finally offered an explanation for those mysterious New Jersey drone sightings from late last year - though its rather vague statement raises more questions than it answers.

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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced she had an update on the drones to relay “directly” from President Donald Trump.

The unexplained, SUV-sized drones that caused a stir flying over the areas in the Northeast in November and December have returned. As of Sunday, Jan. 25.

In the first White House press briefing of President Donald Trump’s second administration on Tuesday, press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the mystery drone sightings over New Jersey and along the Ea

The White House is providing an explanation for the drones that were spotted over New Jersey, and all along the East Coast, over the past several months.

Cruz has a key role in congressional oversight of the Wednesday night accident as chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, which has jurisdiction over aviation safety.

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

Research company Enigma Labs said it has tallied 650 sightings nationally described as drone-related since November, with most concentrated in the Northeast.

A jet with 60 passengers and four crew members collided with an Army helicopter while approaching Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C.