President Trump will sign an executive order today calling for the shutdown of the Education Department. Closing the Education Department was a key campaign promise for the president, who has described the federal agency as wasteful and polluted by liberal ideology. He’s already taking steps to sharply reduce the size of the department’s staff. But […]
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Trump to sign order shutting down Education Department
President Trump will sign an executive order today calling for the shutdown of the Education Department. Closing the Education Department was a key campaign promise for the president, who has described the federal agency as wasteful and polluted by liberal ideology. He’s already taking steps to sharply reduce the size of the department’s staff. But a total dismantling requires an act of Congress, which created the department more than 40 years ago.