Indiana Gov. Mike Braun welcomed U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon to Purdue University on Wednesday, with the federal leader praising Indiana for its education initiatives that put “parents i

McMahon’s comments came two days after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a lower court’s order that blocked a plan to fire roughly 1,400 people from the U.S. Department of Education. President Donald Trump has vowed to shut down the department for good during his term, a longtime Republican goal, and the plan would effectively cripple the agency.

Who needs the U.S. Department of Education to stay just the way it is? Not Education Secretary Linda McMahon, who sees it as her mission to

The Trump administration asked the justices to set aside an injunction blocking its layoffs of 1,400 Education Department employees.

In a 6-3 decision along ideological lines, the Supreme Court paused a lower court order that had reinstated 1,400 Education Department employees laid off by the Trump's administration.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — In a visit to Purdue University Wednesday, July 16, U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon praised Indiana for putting parents in the driver's seat when it comes to their kids' education.

The Supreme Court is allowing President Donald Trump to put his plan to dismantle the Education Department back on track and go through with laying off nearly 1,400 employees.

President Trump on Monday said that Education Secretary Linda McMahon will begin the process of dismantling the Education Department in the wake of the Supreme Court decision allowing the

Education Secretary Linda McMahon discusses the Supreme Court allowing Education Department layoffs on 'The Story.'