At her confirmation hearing last week, Linda McMahon, Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of education, walked a thin line. On the one hand, she needed to assure Congress and the American people that she was fit for a cabinet-level position.

The Department of Education was created by Congress in 1979 to track, manage and coordinate education programs and procedures at the federal level. Trump advisers have said they want to call on Congress to abolish the department, a move that's been floated over the years by Republicans but has always failed to gain widespread support.

The Department of Education slashed another $350 million from contracts and grants as it continues to target DEI programs and wasteful spending.

U.S. President Donald Trump's stated goal of closing the Department of Education comes after a long Republican-led push to chip away at the agency's funding and influence.

Here’s where things currently stand with the Department of Education, and what student loan borrowers and prospective college students should know.

More than a billion dollars of government contracts at the Department of Education has been cut, a move the Trump administration argues gets rid of “woke” wasteful spending as others sound the

Trump Administration making strides to either shrink or eliminate the U.S. Department of Education. Here's how Louisiana schools could be impacted.

Michigan educators and legislators still unclear as to what the public school system will look like without a Department of Education.

Maybe because its support for students is popular with Republicans as well as Democrats. And because cutting that funding would blow a big hole in the budgets of red states.