Musk’s Military Briefing?, Travel Hub Closes & Record Sports Deal - Friday, March 21, 2025
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Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 21 March 2025
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The news to know for Friday, March 21, 2025!
We’ll tell you about the latest controversy involving President Trump’s top adviser, Elon Musk, who now seems to be going beyond the role of cost-cutter.
Also, a couple of key American allies are warning their citizens about traveling to the U.S.—we’ll explain.
Plus, theories as to why the U.S. is falling in the happiness ratings, how the federal government is now handling a rash of attacks on Teslas, and a record-breaking sale that shocked the sports world.
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Friday, March 21st. We'll tell you about the latest controversy involving President |
| 0:04.5 | Trump's top advisor Elon Musk, who now seems to be going beyond the role of cost cutter. |
| 0:09.4 | Also, a couple of key American allies are warning their citizens about traveling to the U.S. |
| 0:14.0 | We'll explain. Plus, theories as to why the U.S. is falling in the happiness ratings, |
| 0:18.6 | how the federal government is now handling a rash of |
| 0:21.1 | attacks on Teslas and a record-breaking sale that shocked the sports world. |
| 0:25.6 | Those stories and even more news to know coming up. |
| 0:30.0 | Welcome, welcome to The Newsworthy. |
| 0:32.3 | All the day's news in around 10 minutes. |
| 0:34.6 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. |
| 0:37.3 | I'm Erica Mandy. Thanks so much for being |
| 0:39.2 | here. You ready? Let's do this. Today, the Pentagon is set to give an unusual briefing |
| 0:47.5 | that's already sparking backlash even before it happens. The New York Times cite sources who say |
| 0:52.4 | the Pentagon is briefing Elon Musk about the U.S. |
| 0:55.0 | military's plan for war in case a conflict were to break out with China. The report says the briefing |
| 1:00.6 | will cover what targets to hit over what time period and more. But last night on Truth Social, |
| 1:05.7 | President Trump said the report wasn't true that China won't even be mentioned. War plans are |
| 1:10.8 | among the military's most closely |
| 1:12.3 | guarded secrets, and giving them to President Trump's unofficial advisor would be a huge expansion |
| 1:17.3 | of Musk's role. To be clear, Musk does have a security clearance, and it's up to Defense Secretary |
| 1:22.5 | Pete Hegseff to decide who needs to know about military plans. The Times reports, Hegseff is among the leaders set to brief Musk, along with the acting chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. |
| 1:32.2 | It's not clear why Musk might need such a sensitive briefing, but the Times suspects it has something to do with budget cuts, |
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