Linda McMahon said Friday that President Donald Trump "intends" to sign an executive order to dissolve the Department of Education -- but it's still unclear when.
The big picture here is that not all of it is essential. … So much of what the department does is not essential,” Jonathan Butcher says.
President Trump’s fixation reinvigorated the debate over the role of the federal government in education, and created a powerful point of unity between the factions of his party.
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 Trump’s dream of closing the Department of Education is impossible without Congress, but that doesn’t mean he has no power to shrink or weaken the federal agency. While some
The White House pulled the expected signing of the executive order to dismantle the Department of Education, multiple sources tell ABC News.