Department cannot be officially shuttered without Congress Donald Trump, Linda McMahon; Education Dept. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aimed at dismantling the Department of Education, a move that he says will strip power from federal bureaucrats and give parents greater control over their children’s education. The order “directs
Maine Democrats selected transgender activist Quinn Gormley, accused of witnessing sexual misconduct among minors, to lead a prayer in the state House.
Washington — A federal judge on Thursday blocked the government from deporting a Georgetown University researcher who was detained by immigration authorities earlier this week as part of the Trump administration’s crackdown on activists across college campuses. Badar Khan Suri, an Indian national, is a postdoctoral associate who was studying and teaching at Georgetown on
Washington — President Trump announced the signing of an executive order that would begin the process of dismantling the Department of Education “once and for all.” “We’re going to eliminate it, and everybody knows it’s right,” the president said of the department at the White House Thursday. He added, “We’re not doing well with the
DOGE subcommittee Chairwoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-GA, is investigating “gross negligence" and “rampant cronyism" at the U.S. Agency for Global Media, a government media agency run by former legacy media executives.
Washington — A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked the White House’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing systems at the Social Security Administration containing the sensitive information of millions of Americans, delivering another setback to President Trump’s efforts to overhaul the federal government. U.S. District Judge Ellen Hollander wrote in a 137-page decision that
The agency recently said that some customer service requests will need to be handled in-person. Two prominent interest groups representing some retired Americans called on the Social Security Administration (SSA) to reverse a recent decision that requires some customer service requests to be handled in person rather than remotely. Earlier this week, acting Social Security