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FILE – People walk between buildings, Dec. 17, 2024, on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Trump deals Harvard another blow in escalating $2.7 billion grant battle

By Collin Binkley and The Associated Press

President Donald Trump holds a signed an executive order relating to school discipline policies as Education Secretary Linda McMahon listens in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, April 23, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump can’t follow through on plans to cut public school funding over DEI programs, judge rules

By Holly Ramer, Collin Binkley, and others

President Donald Trump holds a signed an executive order relating to school discipline policies as Education Secretary Linda McMahon listens in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, April 23, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump signs orders against ‘wokeness’ in education, including one to root out efforts to ensure equity in school punishments

By Collin Binkley, Jocelyn Gecker, and others

University of Michigan students walk on the UM campus next to signage displaying the University's "Core Values"

The Trump administration’s DEI rollbacks slashes stress-free zones for college students. ‘It feels like we’re going back’

By Collin Binkley and The Associated Press

FILE – Students walk on the Stanford University campus, March 14, 2019, in Santa Clara, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)

Foreign college students are now losing their visas and being ordered to leave over misdemeanor crimes or traffic infractions

By Collin Binkley, Annie Ma, and others

United States Secretary of Education Linda McMahon visits "Fox & Friends" at Fox News Channel Studios on March 07, 2025 in New York City.

Trump task force will probe $8.7 billion in funding for Harvard after Columbia bowed to federal demands

By Collin Binkley and The Associated Press

Sarah Cummings carries a protest sign to save the Department of Education while joining other protesters outside a Tesla showroom and service center in the North Hollywood section of Los Angeles on Saturday, March 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

Trump set to sign executive order shutting the Education Department—although doing so is likely impossible without an act of Congress

By Collin Binkley, Chris Megerian, and others

WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 07: U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks on the jobs report from the Oval Office at the White House on March 07, 2025 in Washington, DC. The U.S. economy added 151,000 jobs, with the unemployment rate rising slightly to 4.1%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

MIT and Yale are among more than 50 universities the Trump administration is investigating amid anti-DEI campaign

By The Associated Press and Collin Binkley

Lindad McMahon in attendance at Trump's State of the Union address

Trump wants to shut down the Department of Education. Here’s how that might look

By Annie Ma, Collin Binkley, and others

Donald Trump throwing writing pens into a crowd

As Trump deadline to eliminate DEI in education nears, many schools are ignoring it

By Collin Binkley, Jocelyn Gecker, and others

DarNisha Hardaway poses with her son Joseph

Her 12-year-old son has autism and epilepsy and was kicked out of class. Now she waits for answers with the Education Department in limbo

By Heather Hollingsworth, Collin Binkley, and others

WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 12: U.S. President Donald Trump takes a question from a reporter after Tulsi Gabbard is sworn in as Director of National Intelligence in the Oval Office at the White House on February 12, 2025 in Washington, DC. Gabbard, who will oversee the 18 intelligence agencies and serve as Trump’s advisory on intelligence, was confirmed by the Senate 52-48. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Trump’s anti-DEI campaign hits universities: even sharing experiences of racism in college essays may be banned

By Collin Binkley and Bloomberg

People protest during a rally against Elon Musk outside the U.S. Department of Labor in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Judge temporarily blocks Elon Musk plan offering incentives for federal workers to quit

By Chris Megerian, Collin Binkley, and others

People protest during a rally against Elon Musk outside the Treasury Department in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Federal workers ask whether Musk buyout deal is real or a trick as deadline approaches

By Chris Megerian, Collin Binkley, and others

Teachers wear masks while protesting the Israel military action in Gaza

Trump is launching antisemitism investigations at 5 major universities, saying Biden’s approach to pro-Palestinian protests was ‘toothless’

By Collin Binkley and The Associated Press