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Workers removed the sign at the U.S. Agency for International Development building on February 7.

In potential showdown, aid groups demand court find USAID, State officials in contempt

Aid groups are urging a federal judge to find Trump administration officials in contempt to force them to reopen funding to global programs. USAID says it has a legal right to cancel aid contracts.

Linda McMahon, President Donald Trump's nominee to be Secretary of Education, testifies during her confirmation hearing on Thursday in Washington, DC. McMahon is under fire as Trump has announced he plans to eliminate the Department of Education and pass its function to the states.

At McMahon's confirmation hearing, it was the Education Department on trial

In her confirmation hearing, Linda McMahon handled tough questions from Democrats, and affirmed President Trump's plans to shrink, and potentially eliminate, the department.

Senator Amy Klobuchar, a Democrat from Minnesota, was among a group of Democratic senators who wrote to the Department of Health and Human Services demanding answers on the agency's communications pause.

Senate Democrats call for answers on health communications freeze and funding delays

Two letters from different groups of senators call for answers from the Trump administration about pauses in scientific communications and funding.

President Trump at a campaign event in Milwaukee on Oct. 1.

Trump orders Education, Labor and other departments to enhance school choice

The president directed several departments to submit plans for using federal funds to expand school choice.

President Trump speaks during a press conference Tuesday at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla.

Trump claims expanded power over independent agencies

The executive order would affect agencies like the SEC and FDIC, but it excludes the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors and Open Market Committee.

Trump executive order seeks to 'restore' American history through Smithsonian overhaul

The "Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History" order removes "divisive, race-centered ideology" from Smithsonian museums, educational and research centers, and the National Zoo.

Created by Congress in in 1979, the department employs more than 4,000 people and has an annual budget of $79 billion.

A guide to what the U.S. Education Department does (and doesn't) do

The department tracks student achievement, manages college financial aid and sends K-12 schools money to support students with disabilities and lower-income communities, among other things.

Supreme Court says Trump officials should help return wrongly deported Maryland man

The Supreme Court ordered the administration to "facilitate" the return of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly taken to El Salvador and remains in custody there.

Unstable funding for federal statistical agencies such as the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Economic Analysis, both based in Suitland, Md., is putting at risk the government statistics the U.S. uses to track changes in the country's economy and population, officials and data users warn.

Experts warn about the 'crumbling infrastructure' of federal government data

Unstable federal funding puts at risk the government statistics used to track the U.S. economy and population, officials and data users warn. That's before any cuts by President Trump and Congress.

As deadline nears, the White House considers leasing TikTok's algorithm from China

Ahead of a self-imposed April 5 deadline, the Trump administration is close to clinching a deal with Oracle to oversee TikTok's U.S. operations.

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