Trump’s Lesson Plan

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ABC News

Politics, Daily News, News

4.6 • 6.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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President Trump signs an executive order aiming to dismantle the Education Department. Benjamin Netanyahu’s foreign policy advisor, Ophir Falk, speaks to “Start Here” about the renewed push into Gaza. And a federal judge expresses concern about the Trump Administration’s defense of its deportation flights. Did you hear? Brad's hosting a new show for the true crime-obsessed called "The Crime Scene Weekly." Each week, "The Crime Scene" focuses on what everybody's talking about in true crime -- from what your favorite podcasts are covering, to what's taking over our TikTok feeds. Follow the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, or wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:28.6	It's Friday, March 21st. Education Department? What education department? We start here.
0:37.0	Protests erupt as President Trump signs a new executive order.
0:41.0	Directing his education secretary to basically do as much as she can to sort of diminish,
0:46.0	dismantle what is left of the Department of Education.
0:49.1	What will actually be shut down because of this?
0:51.6	We'll get some answers.
0:52.8	Israel says it's not leaving Gaza until it
0:55.2	gets its hostages, all of them. The only way of proceeding with Hamas to report. We're speaking
1:01.5	directly to Benjamin Netanyahu's top foreign advisor. And if you're going to deport someone over
1:06.7	gang tattoos, you better be sure they're gang tattoos. Many of them were just deported on the belief that they may or may not be terrorists.
1:14.5	A legal battle is about to come to a head today.
1:19.4	From ABC News, this is Start Here.
1:22.8	I'm Brad Milkey.
1:34.3	At one point earlier this year, President Trump announced he was going to sign an executive order that would dissolve the Department of Education. But the morning of that event, he yanked it off the table.
1:37.3	There were lots of theories why. Some people said it was too politically thorny.
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