President Donald Trump began his White House briefing Thursday with a moment of silence and a prayer for victims of Wednesday's crash at Reagan National Airport. But his remarks quickly became a diatribe against diversity hiring and his allegation — so far without evidence — that lowered standards were to blame for the

There is no evidence that diversity efforts played a role in the crash, and his statements disregarded his own administration’s hiring policies.

Members of The Skating Club of Boston gathered at the rink Thursday to share their grief about the six members of the community who were killed in a plane crash.