2 days ago · WASHINGTON (AP) — A Senate committee voted Thursday to advance Linda McMahon’s nomination to serve as President Donald Trump’s education secretary, bringing her closer to leading an agency the Republican president wants to shut down.. The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions voted 12-11 along party lines to send her nomination to be considered by the full Senate.

2 days ago · Linda McMahon, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be Secretary of Education, testifies during her Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee confirmation hearing, at the U.S ...

Nov 20, 2024 · President-elect Donald Trump’s selection of Linda McMahon to serve as secretary of education comes after months of campaign promises to broaden families’ access to public money for private...

On November 19, 2024, McMahon was nominated by Donald Trump to serve as Secretary of Education. McMahon was born Linda Marie Edwards [3] in New Bern, North Carolina, in a Welsh-American family, the daughter of Evelyn and Henry Edwards. [4][5] She was an only child and grew up as a "tomboy" playing basketball and baseball. [6] .

Nov 20, 2024 · Linda McMahon is Donald Trump's choice for Education secretary. McMahon led the Small Business Administration during Trump's first presidency, and she supported his campaigns with financial contributions and her leadership of outside groups.

Feb 13, 2025 · Secretary of Education nominee Linda McMahon decried a public education "system in decline" as she appeared Thursday before the Senate education committee, and she vowed to "reorient" the U.S ...

Feb 8, 2025 · Donald Trump's nominee to lead the U.S. Education Department, Linda McMahon, seen here in December, has come out in support of school choice and "parental rights in education," and in...

Feb 13, 2025 · Linda McMahon Lays Out Plan for a Diminished Education Dept. During a Senate confirmation hearing, President Trump’s pick for education secretary spoke about her priorities for the department ...

Feb 13, 2025 · Washington — Linda McMahon, President Trump's nominee to become secretary of education, appeared before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on Thursday as the...

Nov 19, 2024 · President-elect Donald Trump has named his transition co-chair Linda McMahon as his pick to serve as the next secretary of the Department of Education. The decision, which Trump announced...