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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Collin Binkley

The Education Department is opening fewer sexual violence investigations as Trump dismantles it

US Education Dept building - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Before President Donald Trump's administration started dismantling the Education Department, the agency served as a powerful enforcer in cases of sexual violence at schools and universities. It brought the weight of the government against schools that mishandled sexual assault complaints involving students.

That work is quickly fading away.

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