Completely eliminating the department would require congressional approval and 60 votes in the Senate, which is unlikely ...

A draft of an executive order from President Donald Trump calls on Education Secretary Linda McMahon to close the Department ...

The long-awaited directive comes as the agency is preparing to lay off likely hundreds of employees and just days after ...

A draft of an executive order reportedly instructs newly confirmed Secretary of Education Linda McMahon to take all available steps “permitted by law” to close the sprawling department, which has ...

President Donald Trump has said he wants his new education chief, Linda McMahon, to “put herself out of a job” and close the ...

Trump plans to close the Education Department, devolving powers to states, sparking backlash from Democrats, unions, and ...

The White House is reversing course and will continue to review the department rather than sign an executive order today ...

President Trump is expected to direct his secretary of education to dissolve the Department of Education by executive order this week, sources said.