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Education Department Plans to Fire Up to Half Its Staff
Trump administration officials are planning to fire nearly half of the staff at the Education Department, according to two people familiar with the announcement, which could come as soon as Tuesday and would gut the agency that manages federal loans for college, tracks student achievement and enforces civil rights laws in schools. The cuts could…
Opinion | Trump Gave Us a Piece of His Mind
Bret Stephens: Hola, Gail. ¿Qué opinas sobre la insistencia de Donald Trump en que el inglés sea nuestro idioma oficial? Gail Collins: Hey, Bret, great to be back conversing. And in Spanish no less, a language I once attempted — and failed — to learn. It was my second effort at becoming bilingual. In college,…
Trump Seeks to Bar Student Loan Relief to Workers Aiding Migrants and Trans Kids
President Trump signed an executive order instructing administration officials to alter a student loan forgiveness program for public servants to exclude nonprofit organizations that engage in activities that have what he called a “substantial illegal purpose.” His order to restrict the program appears to target groups supporting undocumented immigrants, diversity initiatives or gender-affirming care for…
Why Do Republicans Want to Dismantle the Education Department?
Two months after the Education Department officially opened its doors in 1980, Republicans approved a policy platform calling on Congress to shut it down. Now, more than four decades later, President Trump may come closer than any other Republican president to making that dream a reality. Though doing away with the agency would require an…
Trump Is Said to Be Preparing Order That Aims to Eliminate Education Dept.
President Trump is preparing to sign an order that would instruct Secretary of Education Linda McMahon to begin dismantling her agency, setting the stage for a potential power struggle with Congress and another round of legal challenges from opponents. An administration official said the order could be signed as soon as Thursday. This official demanded…
Justice Dept. to Investigate U.C. System Over Allegations of Antisemitism
The Trump administration said Wednesday it would use a law typically meant to investigate racist practices within police departments to examine whether the University of California system had engaged in a pattern or practice of antisemitic discrimination. The move by the Justice Department comes two days after other federal agencies announced a review of Columbia…
Senate Confirms Linda McMahon as Education Secretary
The Senate voted along party lines on Monday to confirm Linda McMahon as the nation’s next education secretary, putting the former pro-wrestling executive in charge of an agency that the Trump administration wants to eliminate. A wealthy Republican donor who served in the first Trump administration, Ms. McMahon has little experience in education. That lack…
Student Loan Borrowers Blocked from Affordable Repayment Plans
Federal student loan borrowers are temporarily unable to apply to income-driven repayment plans, a decades-old safety net that ties their monthly loan payment size to household income levels, as the U.S. Education Department reviews a recent federal court ruling. The department closed applications to the repayment plans last week after the U.S. Court of Appeals…
On X, Conservative Activists Find a Direct Pipeline to Musk’s Team
The demand arrived at 4:28 p.m. Eastern time on Valentine’s Day. “The US government only recognizes two sexes: Male and Female. This needs to be changed immediately,” the popular right-wing account Libs of TikTok posted on X, the social media platform owned by Elon Musk. The missive, blasted to the account’s 4.2 million followers, was…
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