School Funding, Venezuelan Deportation Hearing, Key Bridge Inspection

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🗓️ 21 March 2025

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President Trump shuts down the Department of Education, leaving federal funding for schools in limbo. A judge demands answers from the Trump administration after Venezuelan migrants were deported despite a court order. And, Maryland failed to inspect the Francis Scott Key Bridge before its collapse last year, raising concerns about other bridges nationwide.

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0:00.0	President Trump is trying to shut down the Department of Education.
0:06.1	We're going to be returning education very simply back to the states where it belongs.
0:12.7	How will the move impact rural and low-income students?
0:15.9	I'm A May Martinez, that's Leila Faddle, and this is up first from NPR News.
0:21.3	A judge wants answers from the Trump administration on why it deported more than 200
0:25.7	Venezuelan migrants after a court order said stop.
0:28.8	What will the government say when they're forced to explain?
0:31.5	And a new report found that if Maryland had done needed assessments on the Francis Scott Key Bridge,
0:37.2	it could have prevented its
0:38.7	collapse last year. These bridge owners need to be looking at recent vessel traffic. Things have
0:43.7	changed over time. What can other places learn from this disaster? Stay with us. We'll give you
0:49.0	the news you need to start your day.
1:04.7	President Trump is using his executive power to try and shut down the U.S. Department of Education.
1:13.7	We're going to be returning education very simply back to the states where it belongs, and this is a very popular thing to do, but much more importantly, it's a common sense thing to do. It's not popular,
1:18.6	though, with a majority of Americans. That's according to a recent NPR PBS News Merris poll.
1:24.1	The administration has promised that certain federal education grants, including for low
1:28.8	income in rural schools, would be preserved. But by this evening, many of the workers who help get
1:34.2	that money to those schools will be out of a job. NPR education reporter Janaki Meta has been
1:39.6	following the story and joins us now. Hey, Janaki. Hey, Layla. So Janaki, let's start with the executive action
1:45.8	President Trump signed yesterday that aims to eliminate the education department. And we expected this.
1:51.1	But can the president just eliminate the Department of Education? No, that actually requires an act of
1:57.4	Congress. The action essentially tells the Secretary of Education to take all steps
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