Committee voted on Thursday to advance the nomination of Linda McMahon for Education Secretary to a full Senate vote.

Linda McMahon's Senate confirmation hearing Thursday featured protests, DEI debates, discussions on trans athletes and scrutiny over DOGE spending cuts.

In a 2.5-hour long Senate hearing peppered by outbursts from anti-Trump protesters, McMahon, who led the Small Business Administration during Trump’s first term, spoke of an education system in decay,

Linda McMahon expressed her support for protecting women and girls from trans athlete inclusion during her confirmation hearing on Thursday.

McMahon said that while the administration aims to restructure the Department of Education, key programs will continue to operate.

Sen. Tammy Baldwin said she was “concerned” about education secretary nominee Linda McMahon’s commitment to handling campus sexual assault claims.

McMahon, who led Trump’s Small Business Administration during his first term, was approved in a party-line vote by all 12 Republicans on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions

U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement on the nomination of Linda McMahon to be Secretary of Education: “While I find some areas of common ground with Ms.

Senators in the education committee voted to approve McMahon’s nomination. Her nomination will now go to the full Senate for final approval.

McMahon has a limited background in education, and a long career as a business executive. She'd be stepping into an agency the president hopes to... Linda McMahon led WWE and the SBA. The U.S ...