The top Democrat on the Senate Commerce Committee said she is asking U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy to bar President Donald Trump's adviser Elon Musk from involvement in efforts to reform air traffic control.

DOT Secretary Sean Duffy said he spoke with SpaceX CEO and Trump advisor Elon Musk about reforming U.S. airspace. Sixty-seven people were killed when an Army Black Hawk helicopter collided with an arriving American Airlines regional jet last week.

In a letter on Thursday, the lawmakers urged deputy inspectors general at several federal agencies to investigate potential national security breaches involving Musk's team. Those agencies include the U.

Beattie, a conservative journalist and influential figure in MAGA-land, has previous As Elon Musk continues to dismantle government agencies, threaten workers with layoffs and gain access to government data,

Democrats in the House Oversight Committee failed to subpoena Elon Musk in a heated interaction before a vote without debate.

The party has struggled with how to respond to President Trump’s aggressive efforts to remake the federal bureaucracy and other controversies.