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The Washington Post reports:
As President Donald Trump signs an executive order aimed at closing the Education Department, his press secretary acknowledged that the administration cannot do this on its own. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters that the department will not be completely shut down, which would require congressional action, but said a smaller version will continue to administer “critical functions.”
Students seated at desks surrounding Trump at Thursday’s event appeared to sign their own “executive orders” as the president signed his order that aims to dismantle the Education Department. Republican Govs. Gregg Abbott (Texas), Mike Braun (Indiana), Mike DeWine (Ohio), Kim Reynolds (Iowa) and Ron DeSantis (Florida) were seated in the East Room before joining Trump for his remarks.
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CA-14 students and families received $119M in federal aid to make college possible. Now, Trump wants to eliminate the Department of Education and rip that support away.
Defunding our kids’ future isn’t leadership—it’s self-sabotage. Why doesn’t Trump want our kids to be smarter… pic.twitter.com/7FTnu3nhKe
— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) March 20, 2025
As President Trump signed his EO all the kids got to sign one and then they all held them up pic.twitter.com/sfuaibfo2t
— Emily Goodin (@Emilylgoodin) March 20, 2025
Trump is using kids sitting at school desks as props as he eliminates the Department of Education pic.twitter.com/mk6vgR9SpV
— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) March 20, 2025
President Trump: “Today we take a very historic action that was 45 years in the making. In a few moments I will sign an executive order to begin eliminating the federal Department of Education once and for all.” pic.twitter.com/jRXgs5Ap1V
— CSPAN (@cspan) March 20, 2025