End of Education Dept.?, Musk’s Political Donations & Spring Equinox - Thursday, March 20, 2025
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Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 20 March 2025
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The news to know for Thursday, March 20, 2025!
We’re talking about President Trump’s plan to shut down the Education Department and what’s known so far about the executive order expected today.
Also, more severe weather today—including blizzards, dust storms, and wildfire risk.
Plus, the latest decision on interest rates, how a Hollywood director is accused of swindling Netflix, and the March Madness bracket challenges that offer winners money… or even a trip to Mars.
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Thursday, March 20th. |
| 0:02.2 | We're talking about President Trump's plan to shut down the education department, |
| 0:05.6 | what's known so far about the executive order expected today. |
| 0:08.8 | Also, more severe weather today, including blizzards, dust storms, and wildfire risk. |
| 0:13.2 | Plus, the latest decision on interest rates, |
| 0:15.1 | how a Hollywood director is accused of swindling Netflix and the March Madness bracket challenges |
| 0:19.7 | that offer winners money or even |
| 0:21.5 | a trip to Mars. Those stories and even more news to know next. |
| 0:27.1 | Welcome, welcome to The Newsworthy. All the day's news in around 10 minutes. Fast, fair, fun, |
| 0:33.1 | and on the go. I'm Erica Mandy. Thanks so much for being here. You ready? Let's do this. |
| 0:42.0 | It seems to be the beginning of the end for the U.S. Department of Education. Several news |
| 0:46.3 | outlets cite sources who say President Trump will be signing an executive order today to start |
| 0:50.9 | shutting down the agency. It's something Trump has been calling for since even before |
| 0:54.8 | the election. He's called the education department wasteful and has said it's polluted with liberal |
| 0:59.2 | ideology. So he wants all education authority to come from states instead of the federal government. |
| 1:05.0 | But many public school advocates are against this idea, saying it would make the American education |
| 1:09.2 | system even more unequal than it |
| 1:11.1 | already is. At this point, federal funding makes up a pretty small portion of public school budgets |
| 1:16.2 | about 14%. The money often goes to programs for vulnerable students like Title I for low-income schools |
| 1:22.1 | and the individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Reports say the White House has been looking |
| 1:26.7 | into how to move at least |
| 1:28.0 | some of the key programs to other agencies. But at this point, there aren't a lot of details. |
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