Closing the department would require congressional approval and it’s unlikely Trump would have sufficient support.

The Supreme Court on Monday gave President Trump the authority to dismantle the Education Department and to fire about half ...

Cuts have hit most of the department’s main functions, which include investigating civil rights complaints, providing ...

Education Secretary Linda McMahon is expected to move quickly now that the Supreme Court has cleared the way for the Trump ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for President Donald Trump's administration to resume dismantling the Department of Education, part of his bid to shrink the federal government's role ...

The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to proceed with 1,400 Education Department layoffs.

The Supreme Court is allowing President Donald Trump to put his plan to dismantle the Education Department back on track and go through with laying off nearly 1,400 employees.

"Today, the Supreme Court again confirmed the obvious: the President of the United States, as the head of the Executive Branch, has the ultimate authority to make decisions about staffing levels, ...

The Supreme Court said that Trump can move forward with his plans to terminate half of the Department of Education's staff.

Mass student loan defaults could hurt the economy if borrowers have less money and feel unable to take financial risks, such ...

Student loan borrowers’ options are dwindling and time is not on their side as the Trump administration turns up the heat to get all borrowers back in repayment.   The recently passed “big, ...

It noted that student loan forgiveness under the IBR plan remains available: “ED can and will still process loan forgiveness for the IBR Plan, which was separately enacted by Congress. Payments on ...