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Flags fly outside of the Department of Education building in Washington last week.

White House

With mass layoffs, McMahon and Trump begin mission to end Education Department

Congressional Democrats say the announced cuts are not legal

By Niels Lesniewski and John T. Bennett
Posted March 12, 2025 at 8:16am, Updated at 12:01pm

President Donald Trump signs an executive order at the White House on Wednesday aimed at keeping transgender women out of women's sports.

White House

Trump signs executive order to block transgender athletes from women’s sports

By John T. Bennett
Posted February 5, 2025 at 5:43pm
Reps. Burgess Owens of Utah, left, and Tim Walberg of Michigan are seeking the chairmanship of the House Education and the Workforce Committee. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photos)

Congress

Walberg and Owens bring different experiences to race for House Education chair

By Daniela Altimari
Posted December 9, 2024 at 6:30am, Updated at 9:25am
Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, participates in an interview hosted by the National Association of Black Journalists, in Philadelphia on Tuesday. (Jim WatsonAFP via Getty Images)

Campaigns

On Black vote, Harris won’t assume ‘I’m going to have it because I’m Black’

By John T. Bennett
Posted September 17, 2024 at 4:22pm
Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said new regulations build on Title IX, which outlaws discrimination in education based on sex.

Biden administration updates campus protections for LGBTQ students, assault victims

By Daniela Altimari
Posted April 19, 2024 at 9:50am
President Joe Biden will announce a new plan to secure student loan debt relief for millions of borrowers.

Biden renews push for student loan debt relief

By Daniela Altimari
Posted April 8, 2024 at 10:48am
Education Secretary Miguel Cardona faces a call to resign for not condemning as antisemitic a chant often heard at campus protests against Israel’s overwhelming military response to the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas.

Foxx calls Cardona reply to antisemitism question ‘cowardly evasion’

By Daniela Altimari
Posted February 7, 2024 at 5:00pm
Answers by university presidents who were questioned at a House hearing by Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., caused a firestorm.

Transcript: What Harvard, MIT and Penn presidents said at antisemitism hearing

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted December 13, 2023 at 1:39pm
Rep. Lisa McClain, R-Mich., sponsored a resolution to block the Biden administration's student loan plan.

House votes to rebuff Biden on student loan relief plan, again

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted December 7, 2023 at 10:48am
House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik arrives for a news conference with leadership on Nov. 14 in the Capitol Visitor Center, where they addressed the continuing resolution to fund the government and the war in Israel.

Campus antisemitism hearing includes attacks on diversity, liberals

By Daniela Altimari
Posted December 5, 2023 at 6:04pm