WTF Just Happened Today? Day 1521

This is a newsletter I subscribe to and I share parts of it here.
I think it's a good summary of the day that is fairly well sourced.
One can subscribe here: http://wtfjht.com

Welcome to Day 1521.

Today in one sentence: Trump signed an executive order to "eliminate" the Department of Education, calling it “the first step” toward getting rid of the department "once and for all"; a federal judge accused the Trump administration of failing to comply with his order to provide details on deportation flights of Venezuelan migrants; a federal judge temporarily blocked the Department of Government Efficiency from accessing Social Security Administration systems containing personal data; Elon Musk donated the maximum legal amount to multiple Republican lawmakers supporting judicial impeachments; after the Federal Reserve kept interest rates steady, Trump lashed out and insisted that Chair Jerome Powell “would be MUCH better off CUTTING RATES” to help Trump's tariffs “ease” into the economy; and House Democrats and progressive groups are pressuring Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to step down after he helped pass the Republican-backed spending bill.

-Matt, current mood: ?✂️????️?

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/us/politics/trump-education-department.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/20/trump-presidency-news/

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/20/trump-signs-executive-order-eliminate-education-department/82569220007/

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/20/trump-education-overhaul-gop-governors-kids-00240652

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/20/trump-order-education-department-dismantle

https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-education-department-executive-order-e88561b5

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-20/donald-trump-signs-executive-order-aimed-at-dismantling-education-department

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/20/trump-signs-executive-order-aimed-at-dismantling-education-department-.html

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/20/politics/education-department-trump-executive-order/index.html

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-signs-executive-order-dismantle-education-department-white-house-rcna197251

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-expected-sign-order-gutting-department-education-sources/story?id=119967268

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/us/politics/trump-deportation-venezuela-tren-de-aragua.html?smid=url-share

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/woefully-insufficient-federal-judge-accuses-justice-department-evading/story?id=119993727

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-20/trump-deported-venezuelans-who-aren-t-gang-members-lawyers-say

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/03/immigration-trump-news-mass-deportations-tren-de-aragua.html

https://www.reuters.com/legal/trump-administration-due-respond-deportations-judge-weighs-possible-violations-2025-03-20/

https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-news-03-20-25?t=1742505409764

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/us/politics/musk-donations-congress-judges.html

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/20/tesla-musk-lutnick

https://www.salon.com/2025/03/20/they-basically-wanna-me-efforts-to-turn-musk-into-a-maga-martyr-are-backfiring/

https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-responds-tesla-vandalism-protests-2025-3

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/20/trump-commerce-lutnick-elon-musk-tesla-stock-doge-cybertruck.html

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/20/tesla-protest-firebomb-charges-00003544

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/20/charges-tesla-arson-justice-department/82569644007/

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5205598-tesla-protests-vandalism-charges/

https://www.theverge.com/news/633091/tesla-takedown-protesters-planning-biggest-day-of-action

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/19/chuck-schumer-house-democrat-calls-step-down

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/20/sunrise-gen-z-schumer-resign-00239959

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/20/g-s1-54852/colorado-senator-michael-bennet-town-hall-schumer

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/19/glenn-ivey-chuck-schumer-republican-funding-bill

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/19/democrats-schumer-government-shutdown-leadership/82544265007/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/03/19/trump-deportation-georgetown-fellow-immigration/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/georgetown-university-researcher-detained-by-ice/

https://abcnews.go.com/US/georgetown-fellow-detained-alleged-hamas-ties-targeted-wifes/story?id=119983535

https://apnews.com/article/georgetown-trump-deportation-immigration-homeland-security-21fc205cebbbbba2ed260050df04702a

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/georgetown-university-graduate-student-detained-immigration-authoritie-rcna197206

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/03/19/trump-border-military-buffer-zone/

One can read the expanded version of each topic and its sources here: http://wtfjht.com