Democratic AGs sue to stop Trump administration from dismantling Education Department

A coalition of 21 Democratic attorneys general sued Thursday to block the Trump administration from gutting the Department of Education, arguing that Congress created the Cabinet-level agency and only Congress may abolish it.

The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts came two days after Education Secretary Linda McMahon announced that the department’s staff would be cut by about 2,183 employees for a 50% reduction in force.