If confirmed by the Senate, it would be her job to close the agency that Trump says has been infiltrated by "radicals, zealots and Marxists." ...

McMahon has a limited background in education, and a long career as a business executive. She'd be stepping into an agency ...

Surely, moderate Republicans like Sen. Susan Collins—who is up for reelection next year in the reliably blue state of ...

President Donald Trump hinted during a news conference that Japan could soon face U.S. tariffs if it doesn’t take steps to ...

Top Education Department officials during the president’s prior administration routinely hailed diversity efforts. Now ...

The secretary was Betsy DeVos, who served four years in President Donald Trump’s Cabinet. Now, in the opening days of Trump’s second term, dozens of employees who attended that diversity ...

Betsy came to KCTV5 News in 1999 and currently reports for KCTV5 News at 10 p.m. She has a B.A. from Wellesley College and an M.S. from the University of Missouri School of Journalism. Betsy grew ...

Janet Finneran also remembers opposition and debate surrounding McMahon's appointment. Finneran was vice chair of the state board of education during the year McMahon served. She says any concerns ...

On Monday’s episode of The Excerpt podcast: USA TODAY White House Reporter Zac Anderson discusses how Elon Musk is igniting a debate with moves at federal agencies. The Philadelphia Eagles ...