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Federal Agencies Begin Firings Of Probationary Employees

Trump administration initiates firings of probationary employees at federal agencies to reduce workforce and streamline operations.

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Mass Firings Underway At Federal Agencies Under Trump Administration

The Trump administration initiates mass firings of probationary employees at federal agencies to reduce workforce, impacting Department of Education and Sm...

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Elon Musk savaged as SpaceX gets new $40m defense contract amid his cutting of federal spending

‘Hey, @elonmusk, I found some corruption for DOGE to take a look at,’ on X user quipped

The Independent UK

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Donald Trump rants about federal workers having second jobs as Tulsi Gabbard sworn in

Donald Trump ranted about federal staff working from home and having second jobs as he hijacked Tulsi Gabbard’s swearing-in ceremony to declare he “immediately” wants to close the Department of Education.

The Independent UK

Trump hijacks Tulsi Gabbard’s swearing-in with rant on closing Department of Education ‘immediately’

The president initially said he didn’t want to ‘take anything’ from Gabbard’s big day before launching into a back-and-forth with reporters

The Independent UK

Democratic Rep. Says He'll Show a 'D-ck Pick' At DOGE Hearing, Pulls Up a Photo of 'President Elon Musk'

Rep. Robert Garcia said Musk is "leading a power grab also abided by and encouraged by Donald Trump and Marjorie Taylor Greene"

Latin Times

Musk's DOGE Terminates $881M In Education Funding, Impacting Key Research

DOGE, headed by Elon Musk, announced the termination of 89 contracts, totaling $881 million, and 29 "DEI training grants," which amounted to $101 million.

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Musk’s ‘Doge’ guts nearly $1bn in US education department’s research office

Cuts in effect wipe out Institute of Education Sciences, one of the country’s largest funders of education research

The Guardian - US

Helping teachers learn what works in the classroom − and what doesn’t − will get a lot harder without the Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences

The future of the Institute of Education Sciences, the nonpartisan research arm of the Education Department, is suddenly in jeopardy. The Department of Government Efficiency, a Trump administration task force led by Elon Musk, has announced plans to cancel most of the institute’s contracts and training grants.

The Conversation

Dept of Education asks NCAA, high schools to erase records set by transgender athletes

The Department of Education has taken another step in advancing the Trump administration’s new transgender policy for sports by asking the NCAA and a key high-school sports organization to restore titles, awards and records it says have been “misappropriated by biological males competing in female categories.”

The Independent UK

Will Trump Try To Shut Down the Department of Education?

While Trump can't dissolve the department by executive action, getting rid of it through legislation is still a good idea.

Reason

Kill the Federal Department of Education

We could decentralize education, improve outcomes, and help reduce the size of the federal Leviathan.

Reason

Education Department and Pentagon Next Targets for Elon Musk and DOGE, Trump Says

The Trump administration is still gunning to gut the Department of Education and cutting military spending.

Latin Times

Security Locks Democratic Lawmakers Out of Education Department: 'There Is No Business Purpose To Be Here'

A group of House Democrats was blocked from entering the Department of Education on Friday while attempting to discuss the agency's future under DOGE.

Latin Times

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Salon

Democrats barred from Education Dept.

Rep. Maxwell Frost, D-Fla., shared videos of Homeland Security agents blocking members of Congress from entering

The Conversation

Why does Trump want to abolish the Education Department? An anthropologist who studies MAGA explains 4 reasons

“And one other thing I’ll be doing very early in the administration is closing up the Department of Education.”

Latin Times

DOGE Workers Accused of Dumping Sensitive Data into AI, Asking Software to Slash Education Department Budget

Members of DOGE reportedly fed sensitive data into AI tools, relying on AI to recommend drastic budget cuts—particularly targeting the Department of Education.

The Guardian - US

Aspiring autocrats like Trump are always more dangerous the second time in office

Just look at the chaos Trump is causing in the Department of Education to understand the nature of his second term

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The Independent UK

Trump’s resignation offers are blocked by judge hours before buyouts were set to expire

Government intends to reduce the federal workforce by 5 to 10 percent in offering buyout to hundreds of thousands of employees

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GOP Pushes To Cut Department Of Education Funding

Republican lawmakers and Trump allies push to reduce the Department of Education, advocating for state empowerment in education policy-making.

The Guardian - US

Cuny graduate school rolls back pregnant students’ protections after Trump letter

Move comes amid Trump’s overturn of Title IX guidance, limiting schools’ liability in sexual misconduct cases

Fortune

Trump wants to abolish the Department of Education: What that could mean for student loan borrowers

'The terms and conditions are written into federal law and regulations and wouldn’t change.'

The Independent UK

WWE facing another major lawsuit as infamous 'Ring Boys' scandal case allowed to proceed

Linda McMahon, Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Education, has been accused of fostering a culture of sexual abuse while working at the entertainment goliath

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President Trump Aims To Eliminate Department Of Education

President Trump's plan to eliminate the Department of Education and empower states for better education outcomes.

The Independent UK

Trump can't end the Department of Education without Congress but what programs can he curtail?

Getting rid of the Department of Education would require an act of Congress

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