Trump is set to meet United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer at the White House. The Department of Education on Thursday opened an "End DEI" portal for people to submit discrimination-based complaints related to schools.
The White House on Thursday pulled the expected signing of the executive order to dismantle the Department of Education, multiple sources tell ABC News.
Donald Trump appears to be nearing a long-touted executive order to abolish the Department of Education. Here is what the agency does for US schools.
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Shuttering the agency is unlikely as it would require congressional approval and some Democratic votes to break the Senate filibuster.
The Constitution doesn’t give President Trump the power to shutter the department on his own because it was created through legislation.
President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order to dismantle the Department of Education, according to sources, as he aims to dramatically shrink the size of the federal government. Follow for live updates.
The draft executive action, obtained by NPR, acknowledges that the department and its signature responsibilities were created by Congress and cannot legally be altered without congressional approval.
Trump, 78, has also made no bones about his plans for the Education Department, telling reporters last month he hoped his nominee would “put herself out of a job.”
President Donald Trump is expected to issue an executive order as soon as Thursday to direct new Education Secretary Linda McMahon to close the department down.