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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

President Joe Biden speaks during a Hanukkah reception in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Dec. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Personal Finance

Biden rolls out final round of student debt forgiveness with loan cancelation for 55,000 workers

By Collin Binkley and The Associated Press

President-elect Donald Trump speaks at meeting of the House GOP conference, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump wants to end ‘wokeness’ in education by cutting funding for schools that defy him

By Collin Binkley and The Associated Press

FILE – President Joe Biden speaks about student loan debt, April 8, 2024, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Biden’s student loan cancellation plan put on hold yet again after day of legal whiplash

By Collin Binkley and The Associated Press

FILE – Education Secretary Miguel Cardona testifies during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 30, 2024. The Biden administration is cancelling student loans for another 160,000 borrowers through a combination of existing programs. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden administration is cancelling $7.7bn more in federal student loans for 160,000 borrowers

By Collin Binkley and The Associated Press

Joe Biden

Biden’s Education Dept. starts clock on regulation that would cancel student debt for over 25 million Americans

By Collin Binkley and The Associated Press

Joe Biden

Biden White House cancels debt for another 206,000 borrowers in SAVE plan, bringing total to $4.8 billion

By Collin Binkley and The Associated Press