A federal judge is expected to hear arguments today as two workers unions sue to block the White House's efforts to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development. President Donald Trump took more steps to slash the federal workforce on Tuesday.
A plan being considered by the White House would direct the education secretary to dismantle the department as much as legally possible while asking Congress to abolish it completely. At her confirmation hearing Thursday,
During a Senate confirmation hearing, President Trump’s pick for education secretary spoke about her priorities for the department, which the White House has discussed closing.
A U.S. appeals court killed President Joe Biden’s SAVE plan to cancel hundreds of billions of dollars in student loan debt. Though Biden is out of office, the legal proceedings began while Biden was in the White House after the former president ordered the Department of Education to use a previously passed law to lower payments sometimes as low as zero dollars or forgive the loans outright.
A plan being considered by the White House would direct the education secretary to dismantle the department as much as legally possible while asking Congress to abolish it completely. At her confirmation hearing Thursday,