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The Latest Breaking News from the Department of Education

While the White House’s fight with elite universities such as Columbia and Harvard has recently dominated the headlines, the feud overshadows the broader and more far-reaching assault on K-12 public education by the Trump administration and many states.

The Conversation

There is now a backlog of 27,000 student loan complaints at the Department of Education

Tens of thousands of complaints from student loan borrowers about their lenders or schools have gone ignored as Trump seeks to gut the agency

The Independent UK

Trump has promised to eliminate funding to schools that don’t nix DEI work – but half of the states are not complying

It’s been about six months since the U.S. Department of Education sent a “Dear Colleague” letter to all schools that receive federal funding, warning them that they could risk losing this money if they promote what the department calls “pervasive and repugnant” racial preferences.

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Pete Buttigieg says Democratic Party’s attachment to two words handed Trump the White House in 2024

Joe Biden’s transportation secretary says it’s ‘wrong to imagine that we should have just kept everything going along the way it was’ or to dismantle everything Republican president is now doing

The Independent UK

‘It would destroy me’: fear of student loan default haunts US borrowers

The Trump administration has ended the pandemic-era pause on repayments, leaving many facing colossal debts

The Guardian - US

Analysis shows 257% rise in girls severely absent from school

Charities say more support for girls in schools is needed

The Independent UK

Trump’s freeze on $6 billion in education funds could lead to school closures, lawmakers warn

School districts around the country have raised concerns that withholding federal funds may force some schools to close down

The Independent UK

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AI tracked down nearly 80,000 'ghost students' trying to enroll in California colleges

“The only answer for a bad guy with AI is a good guy with AI,” said Kiran Kodithala, whose AI platform is front-and-center in California’s fight against education fraud.

Fortune

The supreme court is giving a lawless president the green light

The Department of Education case is the latest example of an unexplained decision bowing to Trump

The Guardian - US

America’s famed ‘checks-and-balances’ governance system is failing

We need counterstrategies against the Trumpists’ usurpation of what should remain separate powers

The Guardian - US

‘Political theatre’: key takeaways from US universities’ House antisemitism hearing

UC Berkeley, Georgetown and Cuny heads face GOP inquiry in last of House hearings that began after Israel-Gaza war

The Guardian - US

Trump free to begin gutting Department of Education after Supreme Court ‘shadow’ ruling − 5 essential reads

The Trump administration was given the green light by the Supreme Court on July 14, 2025, to proceed with mass layoffs at the Department of Education – part of a wider plan to dismantle the agency. In doing so, the conservative majority on the bench overruled a lower court judge…

The Conversation

Will Trump Actually Close the Education Department?

Plus: Cuomo has a hard time taking no for an answer, a pro-party manifesto, Trump's about-face on Ukraine, and more...

Reason

Trump says he doesn’t understand why his supporters are interested in ‘boring’ Epstein case – as it happened

President calls case of late sex offender’s crimes ‘sordid, but boring’ and suggests some of what’s in files could be false

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Benzinga

Trump's Education Department Cuts Cleared By Supreme Court — 1,400 Jobs On The Line

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.

The Independent UK

Trump handed boost over major Department of Education plans

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The Independent UK

Supreme Court gives Trump go-ahead to gut Department of Education

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

Roll Call

Justices allow mass layoffs at Education Department - Roll Call

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

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Kiplinger

Trump Targets Student Loan Forgiveness: Here’s How Taxes and Repayment Could Soon Change

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.

Reason

The Department of Education Is in Limbo. Let's Kill It.

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

Fortune

The Trump administration has begun garnishing wages of student loan borrowers in default. These are the benefits businesses can offer employees to help with their debt

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

We Got This Covered

16 Attorneys Generals are taking Donald Trump to court over his billion-dollar theft from America’s most fragile citizens

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

The Independent UK

UPenn bans transgender athletes from female sports and revokes some of Lia Thomas’ records in Trump admin deal

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

The Independent UK

DOE withholds billions from school for teacher training and afterschool programs in districts as it looks to trim agency

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

Reason

What Happens if the Department of Education Goes Away?

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

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