WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday directing Education Secretary Linda McMahon to start dismant l ing the Education Department. "It sounds strange ...

President Trump's ability to eliminate the Department of Education is much more limited than you might think, despite his recent executive order. Thomas is a native of upstate New York and a ...

The lawsuits accuse the government of dismantling the department without the required approval of Congress. By Alan Blinder and Michael C. Bender The Trump administration’s campaign to dismantle ...

President Donald Trump will need Congressional approval to fully dismantle the department, but he has already made significant cuts to its budget and staff. The federal government provides ...

The future of the United States Department of Education is at risk, as efforts to eliminate it gain momentum. Changes under President Donald Trump‘s administration seemed inevitable, given his ...

WASHINGTON — Moving to fulfill a campaign promise, President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday calling for the dismantling of the Education Department, an agency Republicans have ...

President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order Thursday to close the Education Department, fulfilling a yearslong pledge to dismantle the federal agency, the White House confirmed.

Gary Peters, D-Mich., and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., criticize President Donald Trump for his plan to shut down the Education Department, during a news conference at the Capitol, in Washington ...

President Donald Trump kicked off the process of dismantling the Department of Education by signing an executive order on Thursday. The move aims to fulfill a longstanding campaign promise and ...

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order calling for the dismantling of the country's department of education. However, the department cannot be dismantled without an act of ...

Congress created the department in 1979, and the Constitution doesn't give the president the power to shut it down by executive order alone. But technicalities haven't stopped Trump's agenda so far.