President Donald Trump is reportedly preparing to sign an order to dismantle the Department of Education. Sources said he could decide this week to take the first steps to eliminate the department. White House officials have drawn up an executive order directing Education Secretary Linda McMahon to start the process of breaking up the department.

President Donald Trump will sign an executive order Thursday asking new Department of Secretary Linda McMahon to begin dissolving the department, a White House official confirmed to NewsNation’s Libbey Dean.

The White House on Thursday pulled the expected signing of the executive order to dismantle the Department of Education, multiple sources tell ABC News. A draft of the executive order called on Education Secretary Linda McMahon to facilitate a department closure by taking

The big picture here is that not all of it is essential. … So much of what the department does is not essential,” Jonathan Butcher says.

Linda McMahon arrives for her confirmation hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Feb. 13, 2025. The draft text of an executive order directs the newly sworn-in secretary of education to take steps to prepare for the elimination of the U.S. Department of Education.

A draft of an executive order reportedly instructs newly confirmed Secretary of Education Linda McMahon to take all available steps “permitted by law” to close the sprawling department, which has

Trump, 78, has also made no bones about his plans for the Education Department, telling reporters last month he hoped his nominee would “put herself out of a job.”

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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate voted Monday to confirm billionaire GOP donor and former wrestling industry executive Linda ... wants McMahon to "put herself out of a job." The White House has ...