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Education Department will release some frozen grants supporting after-school and summer programs
The Education Department will release some previously withheld grant money for after-school programs, days after 10 ...
Supreme Court’s ‘shadow docket’ hands major wins to Trump administration
A series of recent Supreme Court decisions favoring the Trump administration were made under the court’s “emergency docket,” ...
Supreme Court allows Trump to proceed with Department of Education layoffs—what it means for student loan borrowers
The Department of Education laid off roughly 1,400 employees in March and a federal judge paused the move. The Supreme Court now says it was permissible.
Trump administration seeks release of Epstein grand jury records but not Justice Department files
WASHINGTON (AP) — Under intense pressure from President Donald Trump’s own supporters, his administration now says it will ...
GOP senators urge Trump administration to reverse $6 billion education funding freeze
A total of 10 Republican senators are urging the Trump administration to reverse its decision to withhold more than $6 ...
Trump hurts his base again: Education cuts hit red states more, ending help for most vulnerable
Donald Trump's Supreme Court conservatives have given him the green light to destroy the Department of Education while the legality of his doing so continues to be litigated. Minnesota Lieutenant ...
Trump’s firing of 2 Democrats on the Federal Trade Commission was unconstitutional, judge rules
A federal judge has ruled that President Donald Trump illegally fired two Democrats on the Federal Trade Commission earlier this year in his efforts to exert control over independent agencies across ...
Betsy DeVos calls for Education Department to be 'shut down'
Former Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos joins ‘America Reports’ to discuss the Supreme Court’s decision paving the way for ...