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Trump signs executive order to begin closing Education Department
President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order directly Education Secretary Linda McMahon to begin taking steps to close the Department of Education.
"We're going to eliminate it, and everybody knows it's right, and the Democrats know it's right, and I hope they're going to be voting for it, because ultimately it may come before them," he said. "But everybody knows it's right, that we have to get our children educated where we're not doing well with the with the world of education in this country, and we haven't for a long time."
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/holdtrump-signs-executive-order-begin-closing-education-department
Erdogan’s bane: Turkish president’s most powerful rival is arrested. What now?
The government has taken a risky gamble by targeting a key opposition leader ahead of his party’s primary
On the morning of March 19, Turkish police carried out a special operation resulting in the arrest of Istanbul’s mayor and prominent opposition leader, Ekrem Imamoglu. Affiliated with the left-leaning Republican People’s Party (CHP), Imamoglu faces grave accusations, including establishing and leading a criminal enterprise, extortion, corruption, unauthorized access to personal data, rigging government contracts, and alleged connections to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), considered a terrorist organization in Türkiye. Turkish television stations aired live footage of Imamoglu’s arrest at his Istanbul residence.
More than a hundred others, including Imamoglu’s close associates, high-ranking municipal officials, business figures, and journalists, were also detained as part of the investigation. Similar charges brought against these individuals point to an extensive inquiry encompassing both political and socioeconomic dimensions.
https://www.rt.com/news/614552-istanbul-mayor-imamoglu-arrested/
Did Powell Just Align With Trump?
BY VBL
What This Means for Trump’s Economic Strategy
Picture if you will two conversations that occurred sometime after Trump’s inauguration.
Trump to Powell: Lower rates and inflation wont be a problem, I’ll get oil prices lower
Trump to OPEC+: Lower oil prices and I’ll weaken the dollar helping your EM economies
We believe that is what is going on behind the scenes right now. The Bottom Line is: Tariffs, and tax cuts are the sizzle here. Cheaper energy and a weaker dollar are the steak. Just as Bessent advised: and Trump needs Powell on board to do this.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2025-03-20/did-powell-just-align-trump