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The Education Department’s civil rights branch is losing nearly half its staff as President Donald Trump's administration ...

While Elon Musk and his underlings demand budget cuts and layoffs across the federal government, funding for their agency — the Department of Government Efficiency — has soared to nearly $40 million, ...

President Donald Trump’s Department of Education axed some 1,300 employees ...

Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Wednesday that Senate Democrats will not provide the votes to pass the House-approved deal ...

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Live updates and the latest news as U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum kick in and the Senate turns to a government funding ...

The U.S. DOE just laid off over 1,000 people - nearly half of its workforce. Schools and education experts worry about the ...

The Education Department fired 1,300 employees concerning critics who have blasted the decision's possible effect on student loan holders and other Americans; Linda McMahon, the a ...

Canada and the European Union swiftly unveil retaliatory levies against the U.S., hours after Trump's sweeping tariffs on steel and aluminum.

The Trump administration moved its fast-paced dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development toward what ...