Tag Archives: Linda McMahon

Via press release from the White House: Today, the U.S. Department of Education launched an investigation into the New York Department of Education, Board of Regents for a reported violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act. The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) will assess whether New York’s threat to withhold funding if the Massapequa School District does not …

Reuters reports: The Trump Administration said in an executive order on Wednesday that it is considering revoking the American Bar Association’s status as the federally recognized accreditor of law schools, a change that could impact lawyer licensing, student loans and attorney mobility, legal education experts said. Trump said he was directing Education Secretary Linda McMahon to assess whether to suspend …

CBS News reports: Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Wednesday that the Justice Department is filing a civil lawsuit against Maine’s Department of Education for “discriminating against women by failing to protect women in women’s sports” in what she alleged is a violation of Title IX. “The Department of Justice will not sit by when women are discriminated against in sports,” …

Fast Company reports: On a panel this week, U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon, the former WWE CEO who is now charged with making sweeping decisions for 100 million American school children, repeatedly referred to AI technology as “A1.” For McMahon, who was speaking at a summit for educators, it was an embarrassing mistake. But for Kraft Heinz’s A.1. steak …

The Associated Press reports: New York state officials have told the Trump administration that they will not comply with its demands to end diversity, equity and inclusion practices in public schools, despite the administration’s threats to terminate federal education funding. Daniel Morton-Bentley, counsel and deputy commissioner of the state Department of Education, said in a letter dated Friday to the …

The Associated Press reports: As a condition for receiving federal money, the Trump administration is ordering K-12 schools to certify that they are following federal civil rights laws and eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion practices. A notice sent Thursday by the Education Department gives states and schools 10 days to sign and return the certification. It’s the latest escalation against …

The Daily Beast reports: Education Secretary Linda McMahon won’t rule out having Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. take over vaccines in public schools. Noting that shuttering the Department of Education as the Trump administration intends would require redistributing its responsibilities, host Dana Bash asked whether Kennedy—a vaccine skeptic—could be tasked with overseeing state vaccination mandates. “Would he be involved …

Politico reports: President Donald Trump is expected to sign a long-awaited directive Thursday to officially wind down the Education Department, following weeks of moves to steadily winnow the agency’s staff and spending. Trump’s pending executive order directs Education Secretary Linda McMahon to “take all necessary steps to facilitate” her department’s closure “and return education authority to the States,” according to …

ProPublica reports: Saying the Trump administration is sabotaging civil rights enforcement by the Department of Education, a federal lawsuit filed Friday morning seeks to stop the president and Secretary Linda McMahon from carrying out the mass firing of civil rights investigators and lawyers. Two parents and the Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates, a national disability rights group, jointly filed …

The Associated Press reports: More than 50 universities are being investigated for alleged racial discrimination as part of President Donald Trump’s campaign to end diversity, equity and inclusion programs that his officials say exclude white and Asian American students. The Education Department announced the new investigations Friday, one month after warning America’s schools and colleges that they could lose federal money …

Reuters reports: A group of Democratic state attorneys general on Thursday filed a lawsuit seeking to block Republican U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration from dismantling the U.S. Department of Education and halt it from laying off nearly half of its staff. Democratic attorneys general from 20 states and the District of Columbia filed the lawsuit in federal court in Boston …

Fox News reports: Secretary of Education Linda McMahon said her agency took the first steps Tuesday to eliminate “bureaucratic bloat” at the federal level and bring more power to the states during an interview Tuesday on “The Ingraham Angle.” The Department of Education announced it will cut nearly half of its workforce as President Donald Trump moves to eliminate the …

CNN reports: The US Education Department will start sweeping layoffs beginning Tuesday evening, three sources familiar with the plan told CNN, as President Donald Trump has proposed eliminating the agency altogether. The department is expected cut about 50% of its workforce with notices starting to go out Tuesday evening, the sources said. The department employs around 4,400 workers. Tuesday’s expected …

NBC News reports: The Trump administration on Friday announced that they would cancel approximately $400 million in federal grants to Columbia University “due to the school’s continued inaction in the face of persistent harassment of Jewish students.” The move comes just days after the administration’s Joint Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism notified Columbia that it was going to conduct a …

ABC News reports: President Donald Trump is expected to take the extraordinary step this week of directing his secretary of education to dissolve the U.S. Department of Education by executive order, according to sources familiar with a draft. A draft of the executive order calls on Education Secretary Linda McMahon to facilitate a department closure by taking all necessary steps …

From just-confirmed Education Sec. Linda McMahon: As you are all aware, President Trump nominated me to take the lead on one of his most momentous campaign promises to families. My vision is aligned with the President’s: to send education back to the states and empower all parents to choose an excellent education for their children. As a mother and grandmother, …

The Associated Press reports: The Senate voted late Monday to confirm former wrestling executive Linda McMahon as the nation’s education chief, a role that places her atop a department that President Donald Trump has vilified and vowed to dismantle. McMahon will face the competing tasks of winding down the department while also escalating efforts to achieve Trump’s agenda. At the …

First, a message from the Education Trust: Her background underscores why she is unfit for this role. As the former head of the Small Business Administration in Trump’s first term, McMahon approached governance through a corporate lens, prioritizing budget cuts and deregulation over public service. Her leadership at the America First Policy Institute — a think tank committed to advancing …

The Washington Post reports: Linda McMahon, testifying before a Senate committee considering her nomination to be secretary of education, said she did not know whether a school would be legally permitted to offer a Black history class or allow clubs centered on racial or ethnic identity. She said she would “want to know what the clubs are doing.” “That’s pretty …

The New York Times reports: Linda McMahon and her husband, from whom she is separated, were the sixth-largest donors to Mr. Trump during his 2024 campaign, funneling more than $20 million into Mr. Trump’s re-election campaign and to associated PACs, according to data compiled by Open Secrets. She personally gave over $360,000 to help support Mr. Trump’s previous presidential campaign …