Linda McMahon

1,300 Education Department employees will be laid off

By Collin Binkley, Moriah Balingit, Associated Press

Department officials announced the cuts Tuesday, raising questions about the agency’s ability to continue usual operations.

What does the Education Department do? A guide to the agency Trump wants to gut

By Annie Ma, Collin Binkley, Associated Press

President Donald Trump has said he wants his new education chief, Linda McMahon, to “put herself out of a job” and close the Education Department. Already, the Trump administration has started overhauling much of the department’s work.

WATCH: Senate votes to confirm Linda McMahon as education secretary

By Associated Press

McMahon would face the competing tasks of winding down the Education Department while also escalating efforts to achieve Trump's agenda.

WATCH: Senate Health committee votes to advance Trump nominee McMahon as education secretary

By Collin Binkley, Associated Press

The Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions voted 12-11 on Thursday to send the former World Wrestling Entertainment CEO's nomination to be considered by the full Senate.

Linda McMahon pressed on Trump’s planned cuts to the Department of Education

By Lisa Desjardins, Solveig Rennan

It was a big day for President Trump's team and some of his most controversial choices. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was sworn in as the Secretary of Health and Human Services and Kash Patel took a big step forward on…

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WATCH: McMahon says Trump would involve Congress in plan to close Education Department

By Erica R. Hendry

Education secretary nominee Linda McMahon said in her confirmation hearing Thursday that President Donald Trump "understands we will be working with Congress" on plans to change or eliminate the Department of Education.

WATCH: McMahon confirmation hearing ‘a very elegant gaslighting,’ Sen. Hassan says

By Hannah Grabenstein

Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., told Linda McMahon on Thursday that her confirmation hearing felt “surreal,” given the fact that President Donald Trump intends to eliminate the Department of Education, which he has tapped McMahon to head.

WATCH: Sen. Murray asks McMahon what she’ll do ‘if Elon Musk tells you not to spend money’

By Hannah Grabenstein

Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., questioned Linda McMahon on Thursday about the spending of congressionally appropriated funds in her confirmation hearing for education secretary.

WATCH: Linda McMahon testifies at Senate confirmation hearing for education secretary

By Collin Binkley, Associated Press

McMahon on Thursday sketched out how key functions of the Education Department could be carved up to achieve President Donald Trump's goal of dismantling the agency, vowing to “reorient” the department while continuing some of its largest programs.

After running on a working-class message, Trump fills his government with billionaires

By Bill Barrow, Associated Press

President Donald Trump's second White House is looking a lot like the inside of Mar-a-Lago, with extremely wealthy Americans taking key roles in his Republican administration.