Trump promised to take on campus discrimination, but mass cuts at Education Department make it ‘impossible’ to investigate civil rights complaints

Secretary of Education Linda McMahon may preside over Trump administration’s attempts to dismantle department entirely - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

The Trump administration has gutted the ability of the Department of Education to investigate civil rights complaints at schools across the country, despite the president making tackling campus antisemitism a key part of his agenda.

Of the roughly 4,000 people at the agency, 1,315 have been slated for layoffs, and another 600 have accepted offers to leave.