Trump just made it harder to close Education Department

When United States President Donald Trump signed a megabill with his spending and policy priorities into law on 4 July, he distanced himself from another one of his goals: dismantling the United States Department of Education. Congressional Democrats have already tried to stand in the way of that effort – sometimes literally. So have the federal courts, which continue to debate the legality of the president’s attempts to weaken the agency, whose work impacts students and schools across the country. But there’s one obstacle that’s less evident: the so-called “One Big, Beautiful Bill Act”, writes Zachary Schermele for USA Today.

Under the law, there’s one person ultimately responsible for carrying out those directives: Education Secretary Linda McMahon.

Her entire department will be required to mobilise its depleting resources to execute the wishes of Congress and the president. That dynamic puts Trump in an awkward position.
Full report on the USA Today site