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Democrats demand answers on Trump plans for Education Department
House and Senate Democrats sent a letter to the acting Education secretary Thursday demanding answers around potential executive orders from the president to weaken the Department of Education. ...The Hill - 4h -
Democrats demand Bessent meeting over DOGE 'chaos' at Treasury
Senate Democrats on Wednesday demanded Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent attend a meeting with the Democratic Caucus "as soon as possible" to answer questions about the Department of Government ...The Hill - 5h -
Plan to shutter Education Dept. ‘not going to happen’: Arne Duncan
Duncan, however, stressed the Trump administration could move to neuter the department.The Hill - 7h -
Democrats slam Trump's 'insane' Gaza plan as supportive Republicans await details
Democrats are outraged over Trump's Gaza plan -- calling it everything from "horrifying" to "ethnic cleansing," while Republicans were supportive, but short on details.ABC News - 22h -
US student report card proves we must abolish the Department of Education
The National Center for Educational Statistics has released the "Nation's Report Card," which shows that American children are sliding in their reading skills and barely improving in mathematics. ...The Hill - 1d -
Dems, GOP spar on schools as Education Department hangs in the balance
The House Education and the Workforce Committee's first hearing of the year saw Democrats take on the “elephant in the room” as President Trump and Republicans seek to move toward abolishing the ...The Hill - 1d -
Watch live: House holds hearing on state of education as Trump weighs department cuts
The House Committee on Education and the Workforce is holding a hearing Wednesday morning to examine the state of education in the U.S., weeks after President Trump was sworn into the Oval Office ...The Hill - 1d -
Democrats rip Trump Gaza takeover plan: ‘Openly calling for ethnic cleansing’
Democratic lawmakers sharply criticized President Trump’s plan for the U.S. to take over Gaza, calling it “ethnic cleansing.” Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) said in a post on the social platform X ...The Hill - 1d -
Defense Department drafting plans to withdraw all U.S. troops from Syria after recent Trump comments
The Defense Department is developing plans to withdraw all U.S. troops from Syria, two U.S. defense officials told NBC News on Tuesday.NBC News - 1d -
Raskin warns ICE raids could sweep up 'innocent citizens,' demands answers
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) has warned that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids could sweep up “innocent citizens.” “If you’re not out looking for criminals based on crimes committed, but ...The Hill - 1d -
Musk Team Scrutinizes Education Department Operations
The engagement is the latest sign of the billionaire’s expanding influence across the government, which already stretches into more than half a dozen agencies.The New York Times - 1d -
Department of Education could be next on Trump's chopping block
President Trump is eyeing an executive order to dismantle the Education Department, which has placed dozens of staffers on leave in what their union says is a move to encourage resignations. ...The Hill - 1d -
Trump order to dismantle the education department in the works, sources say
President Trump could soon sign an executive order directing the secretary of education to dismantle the federal Department of Education, sources told ABC News.ABC News - 2d -
White House preparing executive order to abolish the Education Department
The White House is preparing an executive order to eliminate the Education Department, two sources familiar with the plans told NBC News.NBC News - 2d -
Can an executive order eliminate the Department of Education?
Two sources told NBC News that the White House is preparing an executive order to eliminate the Department of Education. NBC News’ Kelly O’Donnell reports on how Congress is the only body with the ...NBC News - 2d -
Musk: Trump 'will succeed' in dismantling Education Department
Elon Musk, the tech billionaire whom President Trump has tapped as the head of his new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), boasted on his social platform X on Monday night that Trump "will ...The Hill - 2d -
Trump considering action to dismantle Education Department, sources say
President Trump is considering executive action that would dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, but sources familiar with the plans said such a move was not imminent.CBS News - 2d -
Trump advisers weigh actions to dismantle education department – report
Officials are discussing executive order as part of efforts by Musk’s Doge team to seize control of federal spending. The Trump administration is weighing executive actions to dismantle the US ...The Guardian - 2d -
House Democrats call for urgent hearing on Trump plans for USAID
Democrats on the House Foreign Affairs Committee are calling on Chair Brian Mast (R-Fla.) to convene an urgent hearing with senior Trump administration officials, raising concerns over potentially ...The Hill - 2d -
Democrat places blanket hold on Trump’s State Department picks over targeting of USAID
Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, announced Monday he will place a blanket hold on all of President Trump’s nominees to the State Department until ...The Hill - 2d -
Dozens of Education Department staffers on leave amid Trump's DEI purge
Dozens of employees with the Department of Education were placed on administrative leave Friday, allegedly after attending a diversity training course encouraged by then-Secretary Betsy DeVos ...The Hill - 3d -
Senate Democrats demand more details on Kennedy's finances
The demands came in letter released Monday by Sens. Ron Wyden and Elizabeth Warren.ABC News - 3d -
Education Department workers put on leave after taking diversity training during Trump's 1st term, union says
Dozens of employees who attended a diversity training course encouraged by former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos during President Donald Trump’s first term have been placed on paid leave, a union ...NBC News - 4d -
Democrats slam Trump over reports he'll merge USAID with State Department
Democrats on Friday slammed President Trump over recent news reports that he is considering merging the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) with the State Department. “It is ...The Hill - 5d -
Department of Education undoes Biden's Title IX rules on gender
The Department of Education announced Friday it is scrapping former President Biden's 2024 Title IX changes, getting rid of discrimination protection based on gender identity and sexual orientation ...The Hill - 6d -
Democrats want answers on cost-cutting prescription payment models abandoned by Trump
House Democrats want to know what the Trump administration plans to do after it rescinded a Biden-era executive order to study potential payment models for lowering prescription drug costs, looking ...The Hill - 6d -
Democrats demand Patel information in special counsel's classified documents report
Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee are demanding to see the volume of former special counsel Jack Smith’s report dealing with the Mar-a-Lago classified documents investigation, asserting ...The Hill - Jan. 29 -
Democratic states plan to sue over Trump's federal grant funding freeze
A Monday night memo could affect programs in every state, from aid to nonprofits to small business loans and local government grants.CBS News - Jan. 28 -
Schools Rattled as Trump Administration Demands Scrutiny of Education Programs
The Trump administration sought to pause federal dollars to some grantees as it tries to uproot policies like diversity, equity and inclusion. Schools and universities worried important programs ...The New York Times - Jan. 29 -
White House freeze on federal aid will not affect student loans, Education Department says
The Education Department said Trump's freeze on federal aid will not affect federal Pell Grants and student loans.CNBC - Jan. 28 -
White House freeze on federal aid will not affect student loans, Education Department says
The Department of Education said Tuesday that the pause on federal grants and loans will not affect student loans or financial aid for college.NBC News - Jan. 28 -
Democrats demand answers on Trump DOJ firings, reassignments
House Democratic leaders are asking Justice Department officials to explain an “onslaught” of firings and reassignments of prosecutors during President Trump’s first week in office. The letter from ...The Hill - Jan. 28 -
Trump Department of Education rescinds past guidance on book bans
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has announced that it is rescinding all past guidance issued against the removal of books.ABC News - Jan. 25 -
Department of Education dismisses book ban complaints
The Department of Education has dismissed 11 complaints regarding “book bans” the federal agency received during the Biden administration, it announced Friday. The department said it ended former ...The Hill - Jan. 24 -
Newark officials demand answers after ICE raid
Officials in Newark, along with immigrant rights activists, are criticizing a warrantless ICE raid targeting a New Jersey seafood business. Several people were detained during the operation.NBC News - Jan. 24 -
Explaining what Department of Education's startling Title IX memo could mean for revenue-share future
The incoming Trump administration could quickly strike Thursday's 11th-hour guidanceCBS Sports - Jan. 17 -
Inside Kristi Noem's plans for Department of Homeland Security
Kristi Noem is having her Senate confirmation hearing Friday to become President-elect Donald Trump's secretary of Homeland Security. CBS News political correspondent Caitlin Huey-Burns has more on ...CBS News - Jan. 17 -
Wildfires complicate California Democrats' plans to lead Trump defiance
California was getting ready to fight President-elect Donald Trump.NBC News - Jan. 10