U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy delivered remarks during today’s hearing on Linda McMahon's nomination to be Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education.

OutKick host Riley Gaines and former NCAA swimmer Kaitlynn Wheeler react to pushback to President Donald Trump's agenda as Secretary of Education nominee Linda McMahon is set to testify in her Senate confirmation hearing.

The Trump administration continued its head-scratching appointments by anointing billionaire Linda McMahon as Secretary of Education — even though he had campaigned on a pledge to abolish the department.

Among the dozens of executive orders Trump has signed since taking office is a directive on "Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling ." The order gives the U.S. secretary of education a 90-day deadline to make plans for cutting federal spending on curriculum,

Linda McMahon acknowledged during a confirmation hearing Thursday the Trump administration would need the help of Congress to abolish the Education Department.

President Trump believes that the bureaucracy in Washington should be abolished so that we can return education to the states, where it belongs,” Linda McMahon wrote.

As President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the U.S. Department of Education moves toward confirmation, her knowledge of special education and her plans for the program are raising concerns.

Linda McMahon’s nomination to serve as President Donald Trump’s education secretary has advanced out of a Senate committee, bringing her closer to leading an agency the Republican president wants to abolish.

Senators in the education committee voted to approve McMahon’s nomination. Her nomination will now go to the full Senate for final approval.

A Senate committee forwarded the nomination of Linda McMahon for education secretary to the full Senate despite worries of President Donald Trump's comments about dismantling the Department of Education.

Grant funding for a collaboration between Union County Public Schools, Gaston County Schools and UNC Charlotte was also slashed.