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Trump has moved to shrink other government departments in recent months, despite questions about the legality of those moves. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Law

Simplified: Trump has moved to shrink other government departments in recent months despite questions about the legality of those moves

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2 months ago
A vote last year to abolish th department - which was attached as an amendment to another bill - failed to pass as 60 Republicans joined all Democrats in the House to oppose it. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics

Simplified: A vote last year to abolish the department failed to pass as 60 Republicans joined all Democrats in the House to oppose it

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2 months ago
Trump's executive order directs Secretary McMahon to "take all necessary steps to facilitate the closure" of the agency and transfer authority to state and local governments. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Law

Simplified: Trump's executive order directs Secretary McMahon to take all necessary steps to facilitate the closure of the agency and transfer authority to state...

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2 months ago
Not only would Trump need congressional approval to get rid of the department, but he would also probably need a supermajority in the US Senate - 60 out of 100 senators. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Law

Simplified: Trump would need congressional approval to get rid of the department and probably need a supermajority in the US Senate 60 out of 100 senators

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2 months ago
Even in the House of Representatives, Trump might struggle to gain necessary support. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics

Simplified: Trump might struggle to gain necessary support in the House of Representatives

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2 months ago
He announced plans in the spring to move student loans from the education department to the small business administration, but was almost immediately blocked by a judge's order 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Education , Finance

Simplified: Trump announced plans in the spring to move student loans from the education department to the small business administration but was almost immediatel...

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2 months ago
A complete shuttering would most likely have to involve Congress, and so Trump's approach has been to dramatically shrink its reach and capacity. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics

Simplified: A complete shuttering would most likely have to involve Congress so Trump's approach has been to dramatically shrink its reach and capacity

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2 months ago
Conservatives, though, have long sought to eliminate the department, almost from the moment it was established in 1979. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , History

Simplified: Conservatives have long sought to eliminate the department almost from the moment it was established in 1979

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2 months ago
In the opening days of his second term he signed an executive order to begin taking apart the agency that administers student loans for thousands of borrowsers, runs programmes to help low-income chil... 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Education

Simplified: Trump signed an executive order to begin taking apart the agency that administers student loans runs programs to help low-income children and oversees...

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2 months ago
Trump and his allies have accused the department of indoctrinating young people with racial, sexual and political ideologies. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Education

Simplified: Trump and his allies have accused the department of indoctrinating young people with racial sexual and political ideologies

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2 months ago
On social media, Trump called the ruling a "major victory" for both parents and students that would pave the way to carrying out his executive order, saying Education Secretary Linda McCmahon could no... 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics

Simplified: Trump called the ruling a major victory for parents and students that would pave the way to carrying out his executive order

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2 months ago
They both handle a mix of stories that includes politics and also instruction, test scores and curriculum. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Education , Politics

Simplified: They both handle a mix of stories including politics instruction test scores and curriculum

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2 months ago
The domestic policy bill Republicans passed this month includes a national school voucher program. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Education

Simplified: Republicans' domestic policy bill includes a national school voucher program

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2 months ago
Democrats have traditionally been the party of more funding for public schools, higher pay for teachers. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Education , Finance

Simplified: Democrats have traditionally been the party of more funding for public schools and higher pay for teachers

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2 months ago
The program does have an opt-out for states, so some liberal states may choose not to participate, which is a win for teachers’ unions and for many mainstream Democrats who have long resisted private... 0.850

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Education

Simplified: The program has an opt-out for states

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2 months ago
The Trump administration just withheld billions that are used for things like after-school programs, English language learning and some STEM programs. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Finance , Education

Simplified: Trump administration withheld billions for after-school programs English language learning and STEM programs

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2 months ago
The Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration could fire more than a thousand workers there. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Legal , Politics

Simplified: The Supreme Court ruled Trump administration could fire over a thousand workers

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2 months ago
Linda McMahon may be President Trump's nominee. 0.700

👤 The author 📋 Podcast 🏷️ Politics

Simplified: Linda McMahon may be President Trump's nominee

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2 months ago
Support for school choice has been typically a bipartisan matter in the States. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Podcast 🏷️ Education , Politics

Simplified: Support for school choice has been typically a bipartisan matter in the States

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2 months ago
Most proposals to eliminate the Department of Education that we've seen in recent years would simply shift the core activities of the department to other places in the federal bureaucracy. 0.950

👤 Marty West 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Law

Simplified: Most proposals to eliminate the Department of Education would shift the core activities to other places in the federal bureaucracy.

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2 months ago