Federal employee layoffs begin at Department of Education

What dismantling the Department of Education could mean for colleges, student loans and college access

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

CNBC - 1h

Trump and Musk launch mass layoffs at several US federal agencies

Termination notices sent to Department of Education and CFPB as Musk pushes to ‘delete entire agencies’ . US politics live – latest updates Mass layoffs have begun at several US agencies as ...

The Guardian - 1h

Education Department rescinds Biden memo that threatened to upend college NIL payments

The U.S. Education Department is scrapping a policy from the Biden administration that threatened to upend colleges’ plans to pay athletes for their name, image and likeness by making those ...

ABC News - 1d

Linda McMahon grilled on Trump's plans for the Education Department at Senate confirmation hearing

Senators pressed Linda McMahon on what it would look like if the Department of Education were dismantled and how she would enforce civil rights laws during her confirmation hearing to be education ...

NBC News - 1h

Cassidy questions McMahon on Trump plans to downsize Department of Education

Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., questioned Linda McMahon about President Trump's plans to potentially downsize or eliminate the Department of Education. McMahon assured Cassidy any major changes to the ...

NBC News - 2h

Trump Tests Legal Limits in Pushing out Federal Employees

President Trump and Elon Musk, who is leading the administration’s downsizing efforts, are pushing for quick and widespread layoffs. But the blitz has run into a complicated set of restrictions.

The New York Times - 6h

Department of Education in limbo amid Linda McMahon's confirmation hearing

Mr. Trump has long teased the possibility of closing the Department of Education.

CBS News - 14h

CFPB terminates dozens of employees: Reports

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) fired dozens of employees late Tuesday, according to media reports. The agency sent termination notices to about 70 probationary employees, Reuters ...

The Hill - 19h

How Elon Musk's DOGE took over the Education Department, one office at a time

President Donald Trump wants to dismantle the Department of Education. He can't eliminate it without Congress, but Elon Musk's DOGE can slowly starve it.

CNBC - 19h

Education Department launches Title IX probes over trans athlete policies

The Department of Education announced on Wednesday it is investigating two state athletic associations that say they will not abide by the Trump administration's Title IX rules that forbid ...

The Hill - 21h

CFPB’s new leadership begins staff purge with dozens of employees terminated

The terminations have sowed more confusion at the bureau, as several of those being laid off had already accepted federal buyout offers, said one of the people.

CNBC - 21h

Education Department calls for school sports organizations to strip trans athletes of titles, awards

The Department of Education is calling for organizations that govern high school and college athletics to revoke records, titles and awards won by transgender female athletes, part of an ongoing ...

The Hill - 1d

Why the Department of Education has withstood so many assaults from the right

Many conservatives want to use the department to advance “anti-woke” policies and understand that harnessing its power can advance their objectives more than abolishing it.

The Hill - 1d

Red state education officials eager for end of Department of Education

Republican states are embracing the idea of a future with no federal Department of Education, preparing plans for its Trump-promised demise and voicing confidence their own agencies can pick up the ...

The Hill - 1d

Musk’s ‘Doge’ guts nearly $1bn in US education department’s research office

Cuts in effect wipe out Institute of Education Sciences, one of the country’s largest funders of education research. Elon Musk and the Trump administration ’s so-called “department of government ...

The Guardian - 1d

DOGE personnel to be kept out of Education Department systems until Feb. 17: Lawsuit

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) will be kept out of the Department of Education’s systems until Feb. 17, in an agreement reached in a lawsuit brought by the University of California ...

The Hill - 1d

Aguilar says Democrats would oppose spending bill with Department of Education cuts

Rep. Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., said that House Democrats would vote against a government funding bill if it included cuts to the Department of Education. Aguilar claimed Republicans "don't care about ...

NBC News - 2d

Federal employees deserve respect — not Elon Musk

In the name of “efficiency,” the Trump administration is waging a cruel war on federal employees, who now live in chaos and fear.

The Hill - 2d

Research arm of Education Department sees cuts after DOGE review

The Institute of Education Sciences (IES), the research arm of the Department of Education, is facing funding cuts as it cancels more than 160 contracts. The American Educational Research ...

The Hill - 2d

Advice for student loan borrowers amid uncertainty surrounding U.S. Department of Education

President Trump is seeking to dismantle the Department of Education with the help of billionaire Elon Musk, potentially causing major disruptions for Americans paying student loans. CBS News ...

CBS News - 2d

Biden’s in-office work policy harmed federal employee retention. Trump’s could destroy it.

President Trump's return-to-office mandate could lead to an even worse brain drain, as experienced employees leave and those with fewer skills or prospects remain.

The Hill - 2d

Federal employees union files lawsuits over CFPB shutdown, DOGE access

A union representing employees across dozens of federal agencies filed two lawsuits on Sunday against the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

CBS News - 3d

Meta Platforms set to commence layoffs

Yahoo News - 3d

Black educators warn of what is lost if Education Department is shuttered

Black educators are sounding the alarm as President Trump ramps up talk of eliminating the Department of Education. Trump, who has long called for the Education Department to be shut down, said in ...

The Hill - 3d

WATCH: Thieves begin targeting eggs

The bird flu outbreak has sent the price of eggs to record highs, leading to egg thefts in Seattle and Pennsylvania.

ABC News - 3d

Revealed: how a shadowy group of far-right donors is funding federal employee watchlists

Project 2025 architects are among those behind the American Accountability Foundation and their blacklists targeting people of color . A rightwing non-profit group that has published a “DEI Watch ...

The Guardian - 4d

Meta Plans Layoffs for Monday

Meta is planning to trim about 5 percent of its lowest performers.

Inc. - 4d

Federal judge temporarily blocks DOGE from accessing sensitive Treasury Department payment systems

A federal judge on Saturday temporarily blocked Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, employees from accessing a sensitive Treasury Department system.

NBC News - 4d

Democratic Lawmakers Denied Entry to the Department of Education

It was the fourth agency this week that federal employees blocked congressional Democrats from entering amid a push to shutter government agencies and dramatically cut the federal work force.

The New York Times - 4d

House Democrats denied entry into Department of Education building

Several Democratic lawmakers were denied access to the Department of Education on Friday. The Trump administration has made it clear that it seeks to abolish the department.

NBC News - 4d

Inside DOGE's takeover of the Education Department

Members of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency team have obtained “administrator” email accounts at the Department of Education.

NBC News - 5d

Federal judge pauses administrative leave for thousands of USAID employees

A federal judge said he will pause a midnight deadline for the U.S. Agency for International Development to be stripped down to a few hundred workers from a workforce of more than 5,000.

NBC News - 5d

House Democrats denied entry to the Department of Education

Democratic members of Congress were denied entry to the Department of Education for a meeting with acting Secretary Denise Carter when a security officer would not allow them inside.

NBC News - 6d

Judge temporarily blocks Trump's federal employee buyout program

A federal judge in Boston has temporarily halted President Trump's federal employee buyout program proposal. NBC News' Aaron Gilchrist and Danny Cevallos reports on legal aspects surrounding the ...

NBC News - 6d

Judge temporarily blocks Trump's federal government employee buyout

Just hours before the deadline for federal employees to accept the Trump administration's deferred resignation offer, a judge has temporarily blocked the buyout offer.

ABC News - 6d

Federal Employees Push Back on Trump’s Job Slashing Drive

Civil servants, officials, and outside groups are challenging Trump’s frenzied orders to slash federal agencies and headcounts, often denouncing them as illegal.

Inc. - 6d

Federal employee layoffs begin at Department of Education

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