Calls for Hegseth to resign, student loan delinquencies, NPR/PBS heads grilled & more

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🗓️ 26 March 2025

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is facing resignation calls over the fallout from a Signal group chat scandal. Millions of student loan borrowers could reach a record for the wrong reasons. A DOGE subcommittee is putting NPR and PBS CEOs in the hot seat. Brazil’s Supreme Court ruled on Jair Bolsonaro’s alleged plot to attempt a coup. Plus, the serious hazard that could put a potential mission to Mars at risk. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:29.8	Hey, from CNN, I'm Afamadikai, with the five things you need to know for Wednesday, March 26.
0:37.3	Secretary Hegseth has disclosed military plans as well as classified information.
0:42.3	He needs to resign immediately.
0:44.3	That's Democratic Congressman Raja Krishnamorthy, during today's House Intelligence Committee
0:49.3	hearing with President Donald Trump's top intelligence officials.
0:53.3	This morning, the Atlantic published more messages from a group chat on Signal that the
0:58.2	magazine's editor-in-chief was inadvertently added to.
1:01.6	According to the Atlantic, Defense Secretary Pete Hexed Seth gave specific times and methods
1:06.7	of U.S. airstrikes on Houthi targets in Yemen while the operation was underway.
1:11.6	However, on X, Heggseth reiterated claims that nothing, quote, classified was shared,
1:16.9	which Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard also echoed.
1:20.6	The president and national security advisor, Waltz, held a press conference yesterday with a clear message.
1:26.8	It was a mistake that a reporter was inadvertently added to a signal chat with high-level national security principles,
1:33.3	having a policy discussion about imminent strikes against the Houthis and the effects of the strike.
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