President Donald Trump speaks in Emancipation Hall after his inauguration, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Trump signed a number of executive orders on his first day in office, including some taking aim at career civil servants in the federal government.

The department has a $241 billion budget and more than 4,000 employees. “Let the state run education,” President Trump said at a rally on Sunday. Republican lawmakers fought t

The Education Department has begun dropping references to “harmful” DEI initiatives from its public-facing communication channels. Additionally, the department has placed employees

The U.S. Department of Education took initial steps to carry out President Trump's anti-DEI executive order Thursday, putting employees on paid administrative leave and tossing out resources. The big picture: The move comes after Trump instated a sweeping executive order revoking decades of federal diversity and affirmative action practices and gutting mechanisms historically used to root out discrimination and guarantee equal opportunity.