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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and fellow Democrats, from left, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Sen. 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, Thursday, March 6, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

President Trump has ordered the dismantling of the Education Department. Here’s what it does.

March 20, 2025 at 8:33 p.m.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday calling for a plan to shut down of the Education Department, an agency Republicans have talked about closing for decades.

University of Pennsylvania signage is seen on May 15, 2019, in Philadelphia. (Matt Rourke/AP)

Trump administration suspends $175 million in federal funding for Penn over transgender swimmer

March 19, 2025 at 3:33 p.m.

The Trump administration suspended approximately $175 million in federal funding for the University of Pennsylvania over the participation of a transgender athlete in its swimming program.

Linda McMahon, President Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Education, arrives for a hearing of the Health, Education, and Labor Committee on her nomination, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Senate confirms former WWE head Linda McMahon to lead Education Department as Trump pushes to shut it down

March 3, 2025 at 5:41 p.m.

The Senate voted Monday to confirm former wrestling executive Linda McMahon as the nation’s education chief, a role that places her atop a department that President Donald Trump has vilified...

This U.S. Department of Education website page is seen on Jan. 24, 2025 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Federal agencies begin removing DEI guidance from websites in Trump administration crackdown

January 24, 2025 at 4:56 p.m.

Federal agencies have begun removing resources for underrepresented Americans from their webpages following President Donald Trump’s executive order cracking down on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.

President-elect Donald Trump listens with Linda McMahon during an America First Policy Institute gala at his Mar-a-Lago estate, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Donald Trump has called for dismantling the Education Department. Here’s what that would mean.

November 20, 2024 at 12:12 p.m.

Like many conservative politicians before him, Donald Trump has called for dismantling the Education Department altogether — a cumbersome task that likely would require action from Congress.

FILE – President Joe Biden speaks about student loan debt, April 8, 2024, in Madison, Wis. A federal appeals court has blocked the implementation of the Biden administration’s student debt relief plan, which would have lowered monthly payments for millions of borrowers. In a ruling Thursday, July 18, the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals granted a request by a group of Republican-led states seeking to invalidate the administration’s entire loan forgiveness program. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Federal appeals court blocks remainder of Biden’s student debt relief plan

July 18, 2024 at 7:33 p.m.

A federal appeals court blocked the implementation of the Biden administration's student debt relief plan, which would have lowered monthly payments for millions of borrowers.

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