Linda McMahon, President Trump's nominee to become secretary of education, appeared before senators on Thursday.

A plan being considered by the White House would direct the education secretary to dismantle the department as much as legally possible while asking Congress to abolish it completely. At her confirmation hearing Thursday,

Federal judges have temporarily prevented Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency access to sensitive data as he searches for spending cuts.

A court declined to prevent DOGE from accessing sensitive student loan borrower data housed at the Department of Education. But the battle isn't over.

In her confirmation hearing, Linda McMahon handled tough questions from Democrats, and affirmed President Trump's plans to shrink, and potentially eliminate, the department.

Efforts by the Trump administration to dismantle the Education Department are underway. Here's what it could mean for students.

Four other people were removed for disruptions during the hearing. A plan being considered by the White House would direct the education secretary to dismantle the department as much as legally possible while asking Congress to abolish it completely.

President Donald Trump is attempting to dismantle the Department of Education. His efforts are history repeating itself.

Their exchange Friday came after Mills and Trump traded statements over the past 24 hours over his push to bar transgender athletes and evolved into an unusual breach of the typically courteous interactions that public officials,

At a White House event with a bipartisan group of governors Friday, President Donald Trump briefly sparred with Democratic Maine Gov. Janet Mills.