The Education Department made department-wide cuts on Wednesday, including in its civil rights office, according to multiple sources familiar with the move, a day after President Trump said he'd like to see the department eliminated.
Linda McMahon, President Trump's nominee to become secretary of education, appeared before senators on Thursday.
In her confirmation hearing, Linda McMahon handled tough questions from Democrats, and affirmed President Trump's plans to shrink, and potentially eliminate, the department.
President Donald Trump's choice to run the Department of Education, Linda McMahon, advocated for the president's plans to abolish the department at her U.S. Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday.
Education Secretary nominee Linda McMahon faced hecklers who invoked her WWE days and tough questions about her plans to abolish the department as she entered the political arena Thursday for a
A Senate committee approved of President Donald Trump’s nomination of Linda McMahon to lead the Department of Education. She now moves to a full Senate vote.
Linda McMahon sat before a Senate committee Thursday morning testifying about her plans for the Department of Education after being nominated by President Donald Trump to run the agency.