Day: March 21, 2025

NPR’s A Martinez speaks with Kevin Huffman, a former Tennessee commissioner of education, about President Trump’s executive order to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education.

U.S. President Donald Trump is aiming to eliminate an entire federal government department focused on education, to the cheers of conservatives in his Make America Great Again movement.

After all the hullabaloo about the 25,000 fired federal workers, they’ve been ordered back to work — sort of.

Spring is in full bloom and Tanaka Farms in Irvine is bringing a sweet surprise: an abundance of fresh, ripe strawberries. The family-owned 40-acre farm is experiencing one of its biggest strawberry harvests yet. “This is probably the most strawberries we’ve had at this time this early in the season,” general manager Kenny Tanaka said. “We’ve been …