Linda McMahon, whom President Donald Trump nominated to be Education secretary, is one step nearer to confirmation after the ...
The Senate invoked cloture on the nomination in a 51-47 vote, which sets her confirmation up for a full vote on Monday. No Democrat supported advancing the nomination ...
A group of unions representing current and former federal workers sued the Trump administration to block the sharing of ...
A plan being considered by the White House would direct the education secretary to dismantle the department as much as legally possible while asking Congress to abolish it completely. At her ...
Acting Secretary of Education Dr. Carrie Rowe has been on the job for a little more than a week, but Senate Republicans weren ...
U.S. President Donald Trump's stated goal of closing the Department of Education comes after a long Republican-led push to ...
The Education Department has long been a target of conservatives. Over many years, presidential candidates, think tank ...
The Department of Education has faced opposition since its initial establishment in 1867.