Pentagon Shakeup, Measles Cases Multiply & Robot Umpires - Monday, February 24, 2025
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 24 February 2025
⏱️ 14 minutes
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The news to know for Monday, February 24, 2025!
We're talking about more shakeups at the highest levels of government and the response from federal workers now that Elon Musk has told them to justify their jobs.
Also, we'll update you on Pope Francis' latest health scare and a measles outbreak that's growing quickly in the U.S.
Plus, what to know about the largest crypto heist in history, how Major League Baseball players are making use of robot umpires, and who won big at the last major award show before the Oscars.
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Monday, February 24th. We're talking about more shakeups at the highest levels of government |
| 0:05.0 | and the response from federal workers now that Elon Musk has told them to justify their jobs. |
| 0:10.1 | Also, we'll update you on Pope France's latest health scare and a measles outbreak that's growing quickly in the U.S. |
| 0:16.3 | Plus, what to know about the largest crypto heist in history, how Major League Baseball players are making |
| 0:21.2 | use of robot umpires, and who won big at the last major award show before the Oscars. |
| 0:26.8 | Those stories and even more news to know next. |
| 0:31.7 | Welcome, welcome to The Newsworthy, all the day's news in around 10 minutes. Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. I'm Erica |
| 0:39.3 | Mandy. Thanks so much for being here. You ready? Let's do this. The federal workforce is changing |
| 0:48.5 | more and more, even in the highest ranks of the military and the Justice Department. For starters, |
| 0:53.3 | President Trump fired the top U.S. military officer. We're talking about the chairman of the military and the Justice Department. For starters, President Trump fired the top |
| 0:54.7 | U.S. military officer. We're talking about the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Charles |
| 0:59.2 | Q. Brown Jr. He was the first black man to lead a branch of the military as Air Force Chief |
| 1:03.7 | before President Biden promoted him. But Trump's new Defense Secretary has criticized him |
| 1:08.2 | for being overly focused on diversity. Brown's firing is effective |
| 1:11.9 | immediately. Same deal for five other senior officers who were fired on Friday. On truth social, |
| 1:17.4 | President Trump thanked General Brown for 40 years of service. Then he took an unusual step of picking |
| 1:22.4 | a little-known retired three-star officer as the next chairman. Lieutenant General John Dan Razen Kane is a career |
| 1:28.9 | fighter jet pilot who actually has not served in any of the leadership roles required for the |
| 1:33.9 | nomination. So Trump is likely to waive the requirements. Kane still needs to be confirmed |
| 1:39.0 | by the Senate, though. Meanwhile, another one of Trump's picks is already expanding his role only days after getting confirmed. |
| 1:45.6 | Cash Patel was just sworn in as FBI director on Friday. |
| 1:49.1 | And now many reports say he's expected to be sworn in as the director of ATF this week. |
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