A federal judge is expected to hear arguments today as two workers unions sue to block the White House's efforts to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development. President Donald Trump took more steps to slash the federal workforce on Tuesday.
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 confirmation hearing Thursday,
During a Senate confirmation hearing, President Trump’s pick for education secretary spoke about her priorities for the department, which the White House has discussed closing.
A U.S. appeals court killed President Joe Biden’s SAVE plan to cancel hundreds of billions of dollars in student loan debt. Though Biden is out of office, the legal proceedings began while Biden was in the White House after the former president ordered the Department of Education to use a previously passed law to lower payments sometimes as low as zero dollars or forgive the loans outright.
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 confirmation hearing Thursday,
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 confirmation hearing Thursday,
Federal judges have temporarily prevented Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency access to sensitive data as he searches for spending cuts.
A court declined to prevent DOGE from accessing sensitive student loan borrower data housed at the Department of Education. But the battle isn't over.
President Donald Trump has neither the authority nor sufficient congressional majorities to eliminate the Education Department, as he has long promised. So instead, he is exploring ways to dismantle it from the inside by slashing its workforce and doing away with some of its functions.
Efforts by the Trump administration to dismantle the Education Department are underway. Here's what it could mean for students.
Federal oversight by the U.S. Department of Education has often created bureaucratic obstacles rather than actually improving student outcomes.
President Donald Trump is attempting to dismantle the Department of Education. His efforts are history repeating itself.