Explainer: US Department of Education: Budget, employees and why Trump wants it shut down
U.S. President Donald Trump's stated goal of closing the Department of Education comes after a long Republican-led push to chip away at the agency's funding and influence.
Eliminating the U.S. Department of Education, Explained
Shuttering the department would likely require congressional action, but efforts to curb its activities have already begun.
What a Department of Education shutdown could mean for local programs and funding
Some early learning programs, like Seedlings to Sunflowers' public pre-K program in Gorham, are directly funded by the federal government.
Why Trump wants the US Department of Education shut down
U.S. President Donald Trump's stated goal of closing the Department of Education comes after a long Republican-led push to chip away at the agency's funding and influence. Like other U.S. agencies, the Department of Education's budget is determined by Congress,
Trump’s Department of Education gives schools 2 weeks to ditch DEI…or else
Public schools and universities in Massachusetts and across the U.S. have less than two weeks to scrub their curriculums and outside contracts of any diversity, equity and inclusion policies or risk losing access to federal funds.
Trump wants to close the US Education Department. What does that mean for NJ schools?
Trump's plan to reduce or shut it would hit NJ's poorest children, students with disabilities, & college students who receive federal grants and loans.
GZERO Explains: How did the US Department of Education become so controversial?
President Donald Trump has said he wants to close the Department of Education. What is the history of the federal government's involvement in public education, and what impact could the White House have on it?
Dems say they are open to shutting down government to oppose Trump 'if we have to'
Congressional Democrats are furious over the new administration's unilateral moves to dismantle government programs and ...
Foreign service worker sues Trump after pregnant wife faces 'life-threatening' complications amid USAID shutdown
A foreign service worker whose pregnant wife was denied emergency medical transport while stationed abroad has filed a ...
We're 1 Month From a Government Shutdown—The Talks Are a Mess
The U.S. has roughly one month until the government runs out of money, and the talks to avoid that are a mess, writes Philip ...
Trump administration reverses plan to shut down free COVID test program, Washington Post reports
The Trump administration has reversed a plan to shut down the government website that ships free COVID-19 tests to households, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday.
Democrats Hint at Government Shutdown to Stop Trump’s Axing at Federal Agencies
Two Democratic senators from New Jersey, Cory Booker and Andy Kim, said Democrats should not vote for a spending package that ...
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How Democrats Can Help Avoid a Government Shutdown—or Getting Blamed for One
Republicans need help to pass a budget to keep the government running, but Democrats can’t overplay their hand.
U.S. reverses plan to shut down free covid test program
The government had been preparing to shut down the program that ships free coronavirus tests to American households and was ...
Where Trump, Musk and DOGE Have Cut Federal Workers So Far
President Trump and Elon Musk have spent several weeks slashing federal jobs — often in defiance of legal limits — and there ...
Democrats Divided Over Using Government Shutdown to Fight Trump Agenda
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries last week indicated Democrats would consider using the threat of government shutdown to ...
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Trump may want a government shutdown to last months or years
If you think the first few weeks of Trump’s second administration have been wild, just wait to see what might be coming next month. Republicans are already scrambling to avoid a government ...
Democrats step up talk about using shutdown as leverage against Trump
Democrats in Congress are growing louder with threats to force a shutdown in March to put the brakes on President Trump’s and ...