The Trump administration’s campaign to dismantle the Education Department drew a court challenge on Monday, as opponents called the plan an attempt to evade congressional authority. The lawsuit was filed in federal court in Massachusetts by the American Federation of Teachers, the American Association of University Professors and a pair of public school districts in
Printemps, a French department store that just opened its first American outpost in Lower Manhattan, is aiming to do what few stores of its ilk have lately done in that area: stay in business. The store at 1 Wall Street, about a five-minute walk from The New York Stock Exchange, is in a part of
Surrounded by schoolchildren sitting at desks set up in the East Room of the White House, Trump smiled as he held up the order after signing it at a special ceremony. Trump said the order would “begin eliminating the federal Department of Education once and for all.” “We’re going to shut it down and shut
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to scale down the Department of Education, a move expected to spur lawsuits challenging the directive and that will likely require Congressional approval. Trump has frequently discussed plans to eliminate the Department of Education dating back to the campaign trail and said in September 2024 he wanted
FIRST ON FOX: Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., said he has been in discussions with President Donald Trump’s White House to revive his bill to dismantle the Department of Education, which would codify the latest executive order. In the lead up to Trump’s much-anticipated executive order to abolish the department, his administration had been in talks
Last Updated:March 21, 2025, 09:38 IST The order directs Education Secretary Linda McMahon to “take all necessary steps to facilitate the closure of the Department of Education and return education authority to the States.” US President Donald Trump. (Photo Credit: X) US President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to dimantle the Department
President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, a long-anticipated action that will affect how billions of dollars in federal funding for California will be distributed to millions of students, educators and institutions. “We’re going to shut it down and shut it down as quickly as possible,” Trump
President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday that directs the federal Department of Education to come up with a plan for its own demise. Only Congress can abolish a Cabinet-level agency, and it is not clear whether Mr. Trump has the votes in Congress to do so. But he has already begun to dismantle
Last Updated:March 21, 2025, 00:44 IST Crux India US President Donald Trump is expected to issue an executive order demanding the shutdown of the Department of Education. Since he returned to the White House, the department has already announced plans to slash about half of its workforce. Trump and his allies have accused the agency
By KATELYN CARALLE, SENIOR U.S. POLITICAL REPORTER IN WASHINGTON, D.C. Published: 07:54 EDT, 20 March 2025 | Updated: 14:27 EDT, 20 March 2025 Donald Trump will sign a historic executive order Thursday to kickstart the dismantling of the Education Department. It comes just weeks after the administration shuttered USAID overnight – and as the federal