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Department of Education lays off nearly half of workforce
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Obama-era Education secretary warns Trump against shuttering department
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Department of Education cuts half its workforce
The Department of Education cut half its workforce amid President Trump’s effort to abolish the agency. Trump touted the cuts, saying they shift responsibilities away from the federal bureaucracy ...NBC News - 1d -
Union for Education Department workers reacts to sweeping job cuts
The Trump administration is placing more than a thousand Department of Education workers on leave beginning March 21. American Federation of Government Employees Local 252 President Sheria Smith, ...CBS News - 1d -
Advocates gear up for fight to preserve Education Department
President Trump's battle to end the Department of Education is about to turn into a war as advocates prepare to defend the federal agency through litigation and civic action while he readies an ...The Hill - 6d -
Education Department paves way for its own destruction
The Department of Education is paving the way for its own destruction after laying off half of its workforce on Tuesday, leaving President Trump allies eager for more hits while the agency's ...The Hill - 1d -
Dem AGs sue over Trump administration’s Education Department layoffs
Democratic attorneys general in Washington, D.C., and 20 states sued Thursday over the Trump administration’s efforts to lay off nearly half of the Education Department workforce. Earlier this ...The Hill - 23h -
60 percent oppose Trump plan to close Education Department: Survey
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Watchdogs fired by Trump raise alarms over future of independent oversight
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When will the Department of Education be dissolved? Secretary McMahon doesn't know
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Trump’s cuts to higher education are sacrificing America’s future
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Would Schools Close in a Future Pandemic?
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Trump defends cuts to federal workforce and Department of Education
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Trump administration briefing: education department to be halved as Trump walks back Canada tariffs
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"Dismantling" independent oversight in D.C.
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A key week for Ukraine's future - BBC's Kyiv correspondent explains why
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What you need to know about Manus, the new AI agentic system from China hailed as a second ‘DeepSeek moment’
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US education department to lay off 1,300 people as Trump vows to close agency
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GOP Rep. Mark Harris says Trump has done 'tremendous job' making case against Education Department
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Trump says McMahon made decisions on mass layoffs at Education Department
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Trump to slash workforce at US education department
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Gutting the Education Department, and a Trump Tesla Show
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Department of Education staff told offices will be closed Wednesday
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Department of Education workforce slashed in half
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‘If you don’t get early years right, children are unlikely to catch up’: why South Africa is trying to reboot its school system
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