Without Congress, President Trump cannot dismantle the agency. No modern president has ever tried to unilaterally shut down a ...

President Donald Trump is expected to issue an executive order as soon as Thursday to direct new Education Secretary Linda ...

Completely eliminating the Education Department would require congressional approval and 60 votes in the Senate, which is ...

As President Donald Trump's administration slash employees from federal agencies, the Department of Education appears to be ...

The Constitution doesn’t give President Trump the power to shutter the department on his own because it was created through ...

White House officials have prepared an executive order directing Education Secretary Linda McMahon to begin the process of ...

In 1980, the U.S. Department of Education was established as a cabinet-level agency, so getting rid of it would require an ...

The White House has pulled Thursday's signing of the executive order to dismantle the Department of Education, multiple ...

The draft executive action, obtained by NPR, acknowledges that the department and its signature responsibilities were created ...

Trump is expected to sign an executive order calling on Education Secretary Linda McMahon to abolish the agency.

President Donald Trump has said he wants his new education chief, Linda McMahon, to “put herself out of a job” and close the ...

President Trump would direct Linda McMahon to "take all necessary steps to facilitate the closure" of the Education ...