The Latest Breaking News from the Department of Education

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday lifted a federal judge’s injunction that had blocked the Donald Trump administration from continuing its downsizing of the Department of Education, clearing the path for mass layoffs affecting nearly 1,400 workers and the potential transfer of key functions to other agencies.

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Without providing an explanation, court allowed administration to move forward with mass layoffs in Education Department

The Supreme Court on Monday let the administration go ahead with layoffs at the Education Department, stopping a lower court injunction.

The so-called One Big Beautiful Bill and the Trump administration’s executive action are making the future of student loan forgiveness and its tax consequences uncertain.

Congress should now turn its attention to abolishing the unnecessary federal education bureaucracy.

“Business leaders can't ignore this financial pressure anymore.”

You can't just get rid of what Congress said yes to.

The Department of Education claimed trans women’s sporting victories had been illegally ‘misappropriated’ from their cisgender competitors

Educators some say the reality is ‘worse than [they] imagined’ – after having expected to begin receiving the grants on July 1

Most of what the department does would likely stick around, for better or for worse.