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Red-state leaders applaud end of Department of Education - even though it could cost them millions

GOP leaders expect to receive funding using a ‘block grant method’ without the federal agency

The Independent UK · Feb 12, 2025

Democratic Rep. Says He'll Show a 'D-ck Pick' At DOGE Hearing, Pulls Up a Photo of 'President Elon Musk'

Rep. Robert Garcia said Musk is "leading a power grab also abided by and encouraged by Donald Trump and Marjorie Taylor Greene"

Latin Times · Feb 12, 2025

Elon Musk Dismantles USAID, Issues Social Security Warnings but Yet To Curb Congressional Insider Trading

Elon Musk's DOGE is yet to prioritise advancing laws that ban Congressional trading as politicians like Nancy Pelosi continue to reap massive investment profits in a relatively short span.

International Business Times UK · Feb 12, 2025

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Musk's DOGE Terminates $881M In Education Funding, Impacting Key Research

DOGE, headed by Elon Musk, announced the termination of 89 contracts, totaling $881 million, and 29 "DEI training grants," which amounted to $101 million.

International Business Times · Feb 12, 2025

Musk’s ‘Doge’ guts nearly $1bn in US education department’s research office

Cuts in effect wipe out Institute of Education Sciences, one of the country’s largest funders of education research

The Guardian - US · Feb 11, 2025

Helping teachers learn what works in the classroom − and what doesn’t − will get a lot harder without the Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences

The future of the Institute of Education Sciences, the nonpartisan research arm of the Education Department, is suddenly in jeopardy. The Department of Government Efficiency, a Trump administration task force led by Elon Musk, has announced plans to cancel most of the institute’s contracts and training grants.

The Conversation · Feb 11, 2025

Dept of Education asks NCAA, high schools to erase records set by transgender athletes

The Department of Education has taken another step in advancing the Trump administration’s new transgender policy for sports by asking the NCAA and a key high-school sports organization to restore titles, awards and records it says have been “misappropriated by biological males competing in female categories.”

The Independent UK · Feb 11, 2025

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Will Trump Try To Shut Down the Department of Education?

While Trump can't dissolve the department by executive action, getting rid of it through legislation is still a good idea.

Reason · Feb 11, 2025

Kill the Federal Department of Education

We could decentralize education, improve outcomes, and help reduce the size of the federal Leviathan.

Reason · Feb 10, 2025

Education Department and Pentagon Next Targets for Elon Musk and DOGE, Trump Says

The Trump administration is still gunning to gut the Department of Education and cutting military spending.

Latin Times · Feb 8, 2025

Security Locks Democratic Lawmakers Out of Education Department: 'There Is No Business Purpose To Be Here'

A group of House Democrats was blocked from entering the Department of Education on Friday while attempting to discuss the agency's future under DOGE.

Latin Times · Feb 8, 2025

Trump says Musk will be targeting military and education next: ‘Everything’s fertile’

Conservatives have long targeted the Department of Education for elimination

The Independent UK · Feb 7, 2025

Democrats barred from Education Dept.

Rep. Maxwell Frost, D-Fla., shared videos of Homeland Security agents blocking members of Congress from entering

Salon · Feb 7, 2025

Democrats Blocked From Entering Department Of Education Amid Budget Concerns

Democrats' attempt to enter Department of Education building in D.C. reflects tensions over proposed budget cuts by DOGE.

Why does Trump want to abolish the Education Department? An anthropologist who studies MAGA explains 4 reasons

“And one other thing I’ll be doing very early in the administration is closing up the Department of Education.”

Latin Times · Feb 6, 2025

DOGE Workers Accused of Dumping Sensitive Data into AI, Asking Software to Slash Education Department Budget

Members of DOGE reportedly fed sensitive data into AI tools, relying on AI to recommend drastic budget cuts—particularly targeting the Department of Education.

The Guardian - US · Feb 6, 2025

Aspiring autocrats like Trump are always more dangerous the second time in office

Just look at the chaos Trump is causing in the Department of Education to understand the nature of his second term

The Independent UK · Feb 6, 2025

Trump’s resignation offers are blocked by judge hours before buyouts were set to expire

Government intends to reduce the federal workforce by 5 to 10 percent in offering buyout to hundreds of thousands of employees

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GOP Pushes To Cut Department Of Education Funding

Republican lawmakers and Trump allies push to reduce the Department of Education, advocating for state empowerment in education policy-making.

The Guardian - US · Feb 5, 2025

Cuny graduate school rolls back pregnant students’ protections after Trump letter

Move comes amid Trump’s overturn of Title IX guidance, limiting schools’ liability in sexual misconduct cases

Fortune · Feb 5, 2025

Trump wants to abolish the Department of Education: What that could mean for student loan borrowers

'The terms and conditions are written into federal law and regulations and wouldn’t change.'

The Independent UK · Feb 5, 2025

WWE facing another major lawsuit as infamous 'Ring Boys' scandal case allowed to proceed

Linda McMahon, Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Education, has been accused of fostering a culture of sexual abuse while working at the entertainment goliath

President Trump Aims To Eliminate Department Of Education

President Trump's plan to eliminate the Department of Education and empower states for better education outcomes.

The Independent UK · Feb 4, 2025

Trump can't end the Department of Education without Congress but what programs can he curtail?

Getting rid of the Department of Education would require an act of Congress

Latin Times · Feb 4, 2025

Trump to Eliminate Education Department With Executive Order: Report

The Trump administration is currently workshopping an executive order that will attempt to completely dissolve the Department of Education, according to sources close to the matter.

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