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Trump’s executive order to dismantle the Education Department was inspired by the Heritage Foundation’s decades-long disapproval of the agency

President Donald Trump issued an executive order on March 20, 2025, that calls for closing the U.S. Department of Education.

The Conversation

Trump drops executive order stripping a law firm of its government contracts after he says it pledged $40 million in pro bono legal services to his administration’s causes

Paul Weiss lost a client days after the executive order, then Trump said it made a deal with the president.

Fortune

1 Nuclear Energy Stock Is Surging Today on a Trump Boost. Should You Buy It Now?

Snow Lake Resources stands to benefit from Trump’s executive order aimed at increasing domestic mineral production. But LIMT remains a speculative investment at best.

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Musk Mocked for Misspelling 'Department of Education' in Meme Celebrating Trump's Executive Order: 'The Irony'

Tech billionaire Elon Musk celebrated President Trump's executive order dismantling the Department of Education by posting a meme with a glaring spelling error.

Latin Times

Did Trump Just Abolish the Department of Education?

While he can't get rid of the department outright, a new executive order attempts the next best thing.

Reason

Jimmy Kimmel on Trump’s anti-woke onslaught: ‘It’s hard to wrap your head around’

Late-night hosts discuss the dismantling of the Department of Education and the Pentagon’s sloppy anti-DEI efforts

The Guardian - US

'We’re going to find something else for you, Linda': Trump's education secretary is tasked with putting herself out of a job

President Trump signed an executive order to formally begin the process of dismantling the Education Department, directing Secretary of Education Linda McMahon to facilitate the closure of the agency.

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Why is Trump dismantling the Department of Education – and what’s next?

The process of gutting the department will require approval from Congress, which might be hard to secure.

Al Jazeera

First Thing: Trump signs order to dismantle Department of Education

Executive order denounced as unconstitutional. Plus, Musk’s daughter says his gesture ‘definitely Nazi salute’

The Guardian - UK

Columbia University capitulates to Trump demands to restore $400m in federal funding – as it happened

Changes include allowing security officers to arrest students and a new official for Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies department. This blog is now closed.

The Guardian - US

Trump administration briefing: Democrats denounce education department ‘shutdown’

Education secretary ordered to take ‘all necessary steps’ to dismantle department; US rejects Mexico’s request for water – key US politics stories from Thursday at a glance

The Guardian - US

Top Democrat-affiliated law firm offers $40m in legal services to Trump administration as part of deal to end executive order

A federal judge paused enforcement of a similar order against another top firm, citing ‘viewpoint discrimination’

The Independent UK

Donald Trump signs executive order to ‘eliminate’ Department of Education

The executive order begins the process of dismantling the department, a process which requires congressional approval.

Al Jazeera

Trump created a mock classroom in the White House to announce he was dismantling the Department of Education

ANALYSIS : Analysis: In signing an executive order to dismantle the Department of Education, Trump was assigning homework that will never get done, Richard Hall writes.

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The Independent UK

What's happening with the Institute of Museum and Library Services after Trump's executive order

The Institute of Museum and Library Services has been added to the list of government agencies targeted by President Donald Trump

Evening Standard

Trump signs executive order to dismantle US Education Department

President Trump has ordered a plan to dismantle the US Education Department

The Independent UK

Trump’s border czar wants Supreme Court to ‘finally’ answer birthright citizenship question it decided in 1898

Multiple Supreme Court decisions have affirmed constitutional right to birthright citizenship

The Guardian - US

What is the US Department of Education and what does it do?

Donald Trump signed an executive order to undo the federal department on Thursday

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The Independent UK

The Latest: Trump to sign executive order aimed at eliminating Education Department

President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order Thursday “aimed at eliminating” the U.S. Education Department

The Guardian - US

Trump signs executive order to dismantle US Department of Education

Order calls for teardown of department as Trump seemingly tries to circumvent need to obtain congressional approval

Roll Call

Trump signs executive order to dismantle Education Department

President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order directing the Education secretary to take steps to dissolve the department.

The Independent UK

Almost 70,000 white South Africans interested in Trump’s US asylum plan

Thousands of people have expressed interest to the U.S. Embassy in South Africa

Salon

Trump moves to dismantle Education Dept.

Trump is expected to sign the executive order on Thursday

The Conversation

Trump administration seeks to starve libraries and museums of funding by shuttering this little-known agency

On March 14, 2025, the Trump administration issued an executive order that called for the dismantling of seven federal agencies “to the maximum extent consistent with applicable law.” They ranged from the United States Agency for Global Media, which oversees Voice of America, to the Minority Business Development Agency.

The Guardian - US

Law firm targeted by Trump agrees to provide $40m in pro bono work, says president – as it happened

Democratic-leaning firm he targeted for retribution in an executive order says it’ll give free services to support administration goals

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