President Donald Trump has been forced to walk back his plans to shut down the Department of Education. Trump announced on ...

An executive order the president signed Thursday directs Education Secretary Linda McMahon to prepare the 45-year-old agency ...

President Trump signed an executive order Thursday seeking to facilitate his longstanding goal of eliminating the Department ...

Trump signs executive order aimed at ‘eliminating’ Department of Education ‘once and for all’: Live updates - President ...

Top House Democrats urged Education Secretary Linda McMahon and the Trump administration to reverse a Thursday move to begin ...

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

Trump spoke about dismantling the department, telling Secretary Linda McMahon she’s "presiding over something that’s so ...

In his platform, Trump promised to close the department “and send it back to the states, where it belongs.” Trump has cast ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order that calls for closing the Department of Education, prompting mixed ...

Since it was created in 1979, the Education Department has enjoyed enough bipartisan support to keep it in business, with ...

Existing law doesn’t allow the president to unilaterally shut an agency that has been established by Congress.