On March 20, the president signed an executive order attempting to close the Department of Education “to the maximum extent appropriate and permitted by law.” The first step to actually ...

Congress would need to act to fully eliminate the critical agency, but Trump could still stop many of its key functions.

President Donald Trump’s order calling for the dismantling of the U.S. Education Department has complex implications.

More: President Trump preps executive order to dismantle Education Department “Within 30 days of the date of this order, Agency Heads shall submit to the Director of the Office of Management and ...

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Closing the department requires an act of Congress, but Trump could make it nearly impossible for remaining employees to ...

The groups allege that Trump's executive order and mass layoffs put vulnerable students ... By firing half of the workforce at the Department of Education, Trump is not only seeking to dismantle an ...

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

His new executive order aims to start shuttering the agency — which he can’t legally do without Congress. Here’s what’s next.

President Donald Trump is set to sign a much-anticipated executive order Thursday aimed at closing the Education Department, the White House said, though administration officials have acknowledged ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday directing Education Secretary Linda McMahon to start ...

President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order directing the Education secretary to take steps to dissolve the ...