Current and former employees at the agency spoke with The Nation about the chaos as 1,300 people were laid off on Tuesday.

While Trump has abolished other agencies by executive order, he can't end the Education Department on his own because Congress created it in statute.

Patrick Healy, the deputy Opinion editor, hosted an online conversation with the Times Opinion columnists M. Gessen, Tressie ...

When a political leader wants to move a democracy toward a more authoritarian form of government, he often sets out to ...

On Tuesday, Education Department officials said the agency’s workforce would be cut roughly in half, with over 1,300 workers ...

The state has had a bumpy month since Gov. Janet Mills tangled with President Trump over transgender athletes.

President Donald Trump is making more federal cuts, this time targeting an international media organization, public libraries and homelessness reduction.

Hundreds of staffers at VOA, Radio Free Asia, Radio Free Europe and other outlets received a weekend email saying they will ...

Alien Enemies Act: A federal judge on Saturday said the Trump administration must halt use of an obscure wartime law, called ...

Financial markets were in a tailspin after Trump fired thousands of federal employees and slapped tariffs on imports. Here's what could come next.

President Trump continued to threaten tariffs as DOGE continued its cuts of the federal workforce. It was another consequential and news-packed week in Trump's presidency.

The schools under investigation include dozens of state schools and two Ivy Leagues, namely Cornell and Yale. A number of ...