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WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 20: U.S. President Donald Trump stands with Secretary of Education Linda McMahon after signing an executive order to reduce the size and scope of the Education Department during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House on March 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. The order instructs McMahon, former head of the Small Business Administration and co-founder of the World Wrestling Entertainment, to shrink the $100 billion department, which cannot be dissolved without Congressional approval. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump Signs Executive Order Abolishing The Dept. Of Education

President Donald Trump has officially signed an executive order to reduce the size and scope of the Department of Education.

Lottery tickets for the Mega Millions lottery are purchased from a liquor store where winning tickets have been sold on December 27, 2024 in Hawthorne, California. The ninth-largest lottery jackpot in US history worth $1.15 billion will be drawn tonight in the Mega Millions drawing, after no tickets with all six numbers have been sold in 30 consecutive drawings. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP) (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)

Calif. Resident Comes Forward To Claim $1.2B Mega Millions Jackpot

The winner of the enormous December $1.269 billion Mega Millions jackpot has officially come forward to claim their prize.

CAMBRIDGE, MA - FEBRUARY 18: University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas looks on after winning the 200 yard freestyle during the 2022 Ivy League Women's Swimming and Diving Championships at Blodgett Pool on February 18, 2022 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Photo by Kathryn Riley/Getty Images)

Trump Administration Pauses $175M In UPenn Funding Over Transgender Athlete Policy

The Trump administration announced that it’s freezing $175 million in taxpayer funding for the University of Pennsylvania for defying the president’s executive action and continuing to let transgender athletes compete in women’s sports.

PASADENA, CA - OCTOBER 10: School buses drive down teh road to pick up children before classes begin on October 10, 2008 in Pasadena, California. California State Treasurer Bill Lockyer has warned that California cash revenues will run out by the end of the month. If that happens, 5,000 California cities, counties, and school districts will face job layoffs and payments for law enforcement agencies, nursing homes, teachers, and other services and government entities could be suspended. A worldwide credit crunch threatens to derail state plans for a routine 7 billion dollar loan to even out the tax flow into the state treasury. Just two weeks after state lawmakers came to agreement, after months of haggling on a record-overdue state budget, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is warning of future cuts to the state budget to deal with skyrocketing financial problems. A frozen credit market and revenues for the first quarter of the fiscal year that fell more than a billion dollars short of previous projections are causing the governor and state legislative leaders scrabbling to deal with a new budget mess. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

Sonja Shaw, Chino School Board President, Runs For CA’s Top Education Job

Sonja Shaw, the president of the school board in Chino Valley says she’s running for the State Superintendent of Public Instruction in 2026.

Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY) waves to the crowd while delivering a speech on the first day of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center, July 25, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. An estimated 50,000 people are expected in Philadelphia, including hundreds of protesters and members of the media. The four-day Democratic National Convention kicked off July 25. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Former Democrat Rep. Nita Lowey Dead At 87

Former New York Representative Nita Lowey has died at 87-years-old.

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 12: The headquarters of the Department of Education are shown March 12, 2025 in Washington, DC. The Department of Education announced yesterday that it will reduce its staff by nearly 50 percent, leaving the department with 2,183 workers, a reduction from 4,133 when U.S. President Donald Trump took office for his second term. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Education Dept. To Reduce Workforce By Almost 50%, But Will ‘Continue To Deliver On Statutory Programs Under Agency’s Purview’

As the Trump administration moves forward with its intentions to greatly reduce the size of the agency, the Department of Education said on Tuesday that it is cutting its workforce by almost 50%.