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Why do we need the Education Department? It’s simple.

President Donald Trump has neither the authority nor sufficient congressional majorities to eliminate the Education Department, as he has long promised. So instead, he is exploring ways to dismantle it from the inside by slashing its workforce and doing away with some of its functions.

Politico · 18h

Fired Education Department workers speak out

Terminated employees of the Education Department are sorting through the aftermath of a Trump administration crackdown on federal workers.

Axios San Antonio on MSN · 21h

What Texas could lose if the Education Department is dismantled

Jacque Schrag/Axios President Trump's pledge to dismantle the Department of Education could cost red states like Texas more than blue states. Why it matters: Public school funding mainly comes from local and state governments,

Yahoo · 1d

Eliminating the U.S. Department of Education, Explained

Shuttering the department would likely require congressional action, but efforts to curb its activities have already begun.

5don MSN

Linda McMahon faces confirmation hearing with fate of Education Department in limbo

Linda McMahon, President Trump's nominee to become secretary of education, appeared before senators on Thursday.

3don MSN

A Brief History of Efforts to End the Department of Education

President Donald Trump is attempting to dismantle the Department of Education. His efforts are history repeating itself.

Education Week8d

Linda McMahon Will Make Her Case to Lead Ed. Dept. as Trump Tries to Shrink It

The wrestling mogul Trump has selected to serve as education secretary will likely have to answer for moves the president has ...

Investopedia5d

Will the Federal Government Gut The Department of Education?

President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the United States Department of Education indicated Thursday that should she be confirmed, major changes to the agency would be implemented. Linda ...

Yahoo3d

DOGE, Education Department threaten states’ funding if they don’t cut DEI programs

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency and the Department of Education put state education departments on notice Friday, threatening to revoke federal funding for public schools and ...

Fox News6d

Trump Education Department launches Title IX probes into 2 blue states allegedly ignoring trans athlete order

The United States Department of Education has launched Title IX investigations into athletic associations in California and Minnesota after they said they would ignore President Donald Trump's ...

Breaking with Trump, Ashley Hinson says Department of Education should not close 'immediately'

But U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson said "there are major inefficiencies in the Department of Education" and praised Trump's broader vision for education.

The Hill6d

Red state education officials eager for end of Department of Education

Republican states are embracing the idea of a future with no federal Department of Education, preparing plans for its Trump-promised demise and voicing confidence their own agencies can pick up ...

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Maxine Waters, House Dems ripped for 'unhinged' clash with security guard at Education Dept

House Democrats were ripped on social media after trying to gain entry into the Department of Education building in Washington, D.C., and accosting a security guard while doing so.

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