March 20, 2025

Trump's attack on Department of Education

 President Donald Trump will sign an order today to close the Education Department. Trump has already cut the agency’s workforce in half, impacting student loans and testing. Now he wants to shutter it, but he’d require approval from Congress.

 His team wants to allow the military to hold migrants at the border. And judges keep saying his administration probably broke the law — find 12 examples hereMore

CNN -   The department’s civil rights office, which combats antisemitism, islamophobia, racism and discrimination against students with disabilities, was among the hardest hit. Nearly half of its staff was laid off and its regional offices in Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, New York, Philadelphia and San Francisco were closed.

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