The attorneys general of 20 Democratic states hit the Trump administration with a lawsuit over recent cuts to the Department ...

The administration "cannot dismantle the Department of Education," several states argued in a new lawsuit claiming ...

President Donald Trump announced recently that roughly half of the Education Department's staff was being cut, amid his ...

The plan to fire about 1,378 employees will undermine the Education Department’s ability to perform work mandated by federal ...

President Donald Trump and Education Secretary Linda McMahon are determined to dismantle the Department of Education.

The challenge from 21 attorneys general comes just days after the Education Department announced it would shrink its staff by roughly half.

The Trump administration cut about half the agency’s work force, saying the move would enable it to deliver services more ...

President Donald Trump was sued by a group of mostly Democratic-led states over his alleged plan to effectively dismantle the ...

The Thursday lawsuit said laying off nearly 2,000 people at the department will hurt schools and universities across the ...

A group of Democratic state attorneys general on Thursday filed a lawsuit seeking to block Republican U.S. President Donald ...

The suit from 20 states and the District of Columbia comes two days after the federal agency fired more than 1,300 employees.

The states allege the cuts amount to an illegal shutdown of the Education Department's crucial, congressionally-mandated work, including protecting civil rights.