{"author_name":"The Excerpt","author_url":"https://art19.com/shows/5-things/episodes/065bf8a0-a215-4cdf-8406-4339886ef248","description":"<p>USA TODAY Supreme Court Correspondent Maureen Groppe discusses the high court's move to let President Donald Trump fire hundreds of workers from the Education Department and continue other efforts to <a href=\"https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/07/14/supreme-court-trump-education-department-workers/84070683007/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">dismantle the agency</a>.</p><p>A coalition of states is suing the Trump administration to <a href=\"https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2025/07/14/states-sue-trump-education-afterschool-funding/85194950007/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">restore billions of dollars in federal education funding</a>.</p><p>USA TODAY White House Correspondent Francesca Chambers breaks down Trump's decision to <a href=\"https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/07/14/trump-russia-tariffs-ukraine-war-weapons/85192703007/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">send Ukraine weapons through NATO</a>. Plus, <a href=\"https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2025/07/14/trump-putin-ultimatum-tariffs-sanctions-russia/84838842007/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Senate pressure builds to sanction Russia</a>.</p><p>Some Trump loyalists are underwhelmed and upset with what's been delivered about <a href=\"https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/07/11/trump-administration-jeffrey-epstein-client-list-timeline/84504096007/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Jeffrey Epstein</a>.</p><p>The <a href=\"https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/allstar/2025/07/14/mlb-all-star-game-starting-lineups-pitchers/85194012007/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">MLB All-Star Game </a>is tonight!</p><p>Please let us know what you think of this episode by sending a note to <a href=\"mailto:podcasts@usatoday.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">podcasts@usatoday.com</a>.</p><p>Episode Transcript <a href=\"https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/07/15/scotus-donald-trump-fire-hundreds-education-department-workers-the-excerpt/85205860007/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">available here</a></p>","html":"<iframe src=\"https://art19.com/shows/5-things/episodes/065bf8a0-a215-4cdf-8406-4339886ef248/embed\" style=\"width: 720px; height: 200px; border: 0 none;\" width=\"720\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"></iframe>","provider_name":"ART19","provider_url":"https://art19.com","title":"Supreme Court lets Trump fire hundreds of Education Department workers and dismantle the agency","type":"rich","version":"1.0","width":720,"height":200}