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Dan Mitchinson: US Correspondent on Trump’s order to shut down Education Department, America’s lowest ever happiness ranking, and how much the astronauts stuck in space earnt.

Dan Mitchinson: US Correspondent on Trump’s order to shut down Education Department, America’s lowest ever happiness ranking, and how much the astronauts stuck in space earnt.

Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive · Newstalk ZB

March 21, 20253m 43s

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US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to dismantle the Department of Education.

It’s been a decades-long goal of the United States to put individual states in charges of running schools.

The Education Department was created in 1979 and cannot be shut down without Congress’ approval, but Trump’s order might have done enough.

US Correspondent Dan Mitchinson talks to Ryan Bridge about why that is, why Americans are less happy than ever, and how much money two astronauts stuck in space earnt.

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Dan MitchinsonUS Correspondentdonald trumpEducation Departmentexecutive orderhappiness rankingastronauts