Hegseth's chief of staff is ousted, the latest sacking at the Pentagon
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🗓️ 25 April 2025
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There's been another shake-up at the Pentagon.
President Donald Trump approaches 100 days in office. Here are 100 things that have changed.
USA TODAY Education Reporter Zachary Schermele takes a look at a busy week for the Trump administration on education.
A judge partly blocks a Trump order seeking to overhaul U.S. elections.
USA TODAY National Correspondent Elizabeth Weise tells us about carnivorous 'bone collector' caterpillars.
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| 0:34.8 | Good morning. I'm Taylor Wilson. And today is Friday, April 25th, 2025. This is the excerpt. |
| 0:43.7 | Today, more shake-ups at the Pentagon. Plus, we take a closer look at some of Trump's education moves this week. |
| 0:49.5 | And let's talk about bone collector caterpillars. Defense Secretary Pete Hegsett's chief of staff is out. |
| 0:57.1 | Joe Casper is the fourth top official to be fired or reassigned in the last week amid political |
| 1:02.3 | turmoil at the Pentagon. He will continue to work on special projects at the Pentagon, according to a |
| 1:07.2 | defense official who was not authorized to speak publicly. The unrest at the height of the military's leadership is highly unusual. |
| 1:13.9 | Hegset has been the focus of a Pentagon Inspector General's review |
| 1:16.8 | of his handling of sensitive military information on the commercial app signal. |
| 1:21.4 | Last month, Casper was among senior Pentagon officials who vowed to crack down on leaks. |
| 1:26.5 | He issued a memo warning that those suspected |
| 1:28.4 | of disclosing sensitive information could be subject to lie detector tests. |
| 1:37.0 | President Donald Trump next week will reach 100 days in office. Not since Franklin Roosevelt |
| 1:42.2 | has a new president driven so many shifts so fast. |
| 1:45.6 | It takes most presidents months or even years to make a difference in the daily lives of |
| 1:49.8 | Americans, not to mention those who live around the world. But this time, Trump's unprecedented |
| 1:54.5 | use of executive powers has already slashed the federal workforce, banned diversity programs, |
| 1:59.9 | dismantled U.S. aid, divided opposition Democrats |
| 2:03.1 | over how to respond, and prompted longstanding U.S. allies to calculate how to navigate a new |
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