Liam Knox

WASHINGTON - The Department of Education is dispersing its civil rights and special education responsibilities to other federal offices, a major step toward the Trump administration's goal of dismantling the agency.

WASHINGTON — The Department of Education is dispersing its civil rights and special education responsibilities to other federal offices, a major step toward the Trump administration's goal of dismantling the agency.

The number of student loan borrowers in default soared to about 9.2 million people in April after the government ended a four-year pause on collections that was instituted during the Covid pandemic, according to the latest data from the US Department of Education.

(Bloomberg) -- The number of student loan borrowers in default soared to about 9.2 million people in April after the government ended a four-year

(Bloomberg) -- The number of student loan borrowers in default soared to a record 9.16 million in April after the government ended a four-year pause

The 9.16 million, announced by the department last week, is an increase from 7.7 million people in default in December and 6 million reported for August last year.

Trump promised to shut down the agency. After 18 months of sweeping cuts and bureaucratic maneuvering, only a husk of it remains.

(Bloomberg) -- US Secretary of Education Linda McMahon has made major advances in what she's described as her "final mission:" the dissolution of her own agency.

Trump’s Education Department used a made-for-TV civics bee to sell a friendlier version of MAGA than his confrontational education agenda.

The Trump administration is scrapping a decades-old policy that allows international students and exchange visitors to remain in the US for as long