Good education outcomes have always required strong, empowered states, and Linda McMahon, Trump's nominee for education secretary, understands that.

Decades ago, Jimmy Carter engineered the creation of the modern Education Department. On the heels of his death, the agency's future is threatened.

Fact checked by Ward Williams Incoming-President Donald Trump's second term is expected to have its share of shake-ups. Trump has promised to shut down several government agencies in an effort to reduce wasteful spending,

In her role as former chief executive of World Wrestling Entertainment, Linda McMahon oversaw an enterprise that popularized the “takedown” for millions of wrestling fans. But as President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of education,

Both conservative and liberal politicians say higher education changes in red parts of America could be a road map for the rest of the country.

President Joe Biden ushered in student loan forgiveness for millions, but a Trump presidency has many borrowers concerned.

President-elect Donald Trump has announced these picks for top White House staff positions, ambassadors and department heads to fill his incoming administration.

World Wresting Entertainment co-founder Linda McMahon has been getting high marks from her meetings with the Republican senators who could decide whether she'll be the next secretary of education.

WASHINGTON (TNND) — President-elect Donald Trump has made it clear that his administration plans to overhaul the government. “One of the things I’ll be doing very early in the administration is closing up the Department of Education in Washington DC,” Trump said during the campaign.

Eliminating the U.S. Department of Education, crackdowns on K-12 curriculum and limits on speech on college campuses were all mentioned by the president-elect during the 2024 campaign.

During his campaign, Trump vowed to end “wokeness” and “leftist indoctrination” in education. He pledged to dismantle diversity programs that he says amount to discrimination, and to impose fines on colleges “up to the entire amount of their endowment.”