Hours before President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at closing the Education Department, his press secretary acknowledged that the administration cannot do this on its own. White ...

President Trump signed a long-expected executive action on Thursday calling on U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon to "take all necessary steps to facilitate the closure of the Department of ...

A federal judge on Thursday blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order to shut down the Education Department and ordered the agency to reinstate employees who were fired in mass layoffs.

The president’s long-awaited order to dismantle the Education Department stopped short of eliminating the agency, but it nevertheless reduces its role.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order calling for the dismantling of the Education Department.

The president’s long-awaited order to dismantle the Education Department stopped short of eliminating the agency, but it nevertheless reduces its role.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order calling for the dismantling of the Education Department.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday calling for the dismantling of the U.S. Education Department, advancing a campaign promise to take apart an agency that’s ...