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Trump Signs Order To Begin the Process of Closing Education Department and Shifting Funding, Programs to New Agencies

At the signing, Trump calls his education secretary ‘hopefully our last secretary of education.’

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President Trump signs an executive order in the East Room of the White House at Washington, March 20, 2025. AP/Ben Curtis
MATTHEW RICE
MATTHEW RICE

President Trump has signed an executive order directing the Department of Education to start closing down operations, a campaign promise that he made more than two years ago, despite the likely court challenges that are to come.

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MATTHEW RICE
MATTHEW RICE

Mr. Rice, based in the nation's capital, covers current events in politics.

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