While the nation’s attention is fixated on the confirmation hearing of Linda McMahon, President Donald Trump’s executive orders aimed at dismantling the Department of Education and his directives to e

At her confirmation hearing last week, Linda McMahon, Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of education, walked a thin line. On the one hand, she needed to assure Congress and the American people that she was fit for a cabinet-level position.

Linda McMahon will be the next secretary of the Department of Education after passing a full Senate vote for her confirmation on Monday. The Senate voted 51-45 long party lines to confirm President Trump’s nominee to lead a federal agency he has been vocal about wanting to shut down.

This vote was no Stone Cold Stunner. World Wrestling Entertainment co-founder Linda McMahon was confirmed along party lines by the US Senate on Monday to lead the Department of Education — which is already cutting funding and offering buyouts to its workforce as President Trump has made clear he wants the agency “closed immediately.

Education Secretary Linda McMahon has released what she calls the "final mission" for the Department of Education, as the Trump administration appears to be laying the groundwork for the agency's dismantling.

In her first week as Secretary of Education, Linda McMahon is wasting no time working to fulfill President Trump's wish to dismantle the department. Erica Meltzer, the national editor for "ChalkBeat," joins "America Decides" to analyze.

McMahon appears to be setting the stage for the dissolution of the department that schools and colleges across the country depend on for funding and support.

Linda McMahon, a major Republican donor and a former pro-wrestling executive, was confirmed Monday to serve as President Donald Trump’s secretary of the Department of Education.

The Senate voted Monday to confirm former wrestling executive Linda McMahon as the nation's education chief, a role that places her atop a department that President Trump has vilified and vowed to dismantle.

Linda McMahon will start her job as secretary of the federal Department of Education with at least one scandal under her belt. Details.