President Donald Trump speaks in Emancipation Hall after his inauguration, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Trump signed a number of executive orders on his first day in office, including some taking aim at career civil servants in the federal government.

The department has a $241 billion budget and more than 4,000 employees. “Let the state run education,” President Trump said at a rally on Sunday. Republican lawmakers fought t

The U.S. Department of Education took initial steps to carry out President Trump's anti-DEI executive order Thursday, putting employees on paid administrative leave and tossing out resources. The big picture: The move comes after Trump instated a sweeping executive order revoking decades of federal diversity and affirmative action practices and gutting mechanisms historically used to root out discrimination and guarantee equal opportunity.

The Education Department has begun dropping references to “harmful” DEI initiatives from its public-facing communication channels. Additionally, the department has placed employees