President Donald Trump's administration is preparing an executive order to begin dismantling the Education Department β while acknowledging the president lacks the authority to kill the agency entirely. Trump vowed during the campaign to end what he called 'wokeness' and 'indoctrination' at the agency. Now, as Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency is shutting down the congressionally authorized U.S. Agency for International Development with Trump's approval, his administration will take steps to defund the federal Education Department. The agency has long been a target for conservatives, going back to the...
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