President-elect Donald Trump is predicted to choose Linda McMahon, the previous wrestling govt, to go the Division of Schooling, two sources acquainted with the transition advised CBS Information Tuesday.
McMahon led the Small Enterprise Administration throughout Trump’s first time period, stepping down in 2019 to assist along with his 2020 reelection marketing campaign.
She can be at present a co-chair of Trump’s transition staff, together with Howard Lutnick, head of brokerage and funding financial institution Cantor Fitzgerald. Trump introduced on Tuesday he picked Lutnick to be his commerce secretary.
McMahon and her husband, wrestling leisure magnate Vince McMahon — who cofounded the WWE and led it for many years earlier than leaving the corporate in January following allegations of sexual misconduct — have been buddies of Trump for over 20 years and are amongst his most prolific donors.
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Throughout his 2024 presidential marketing campaign, Trump promised to close down the Division of Schooling, complaining that the company’s funds is simply too massive and that its employees is crammed with “those that in lots of circumstances hate our youngsters.”
One of many smallest federal companies, the Division of Schooling is answerable for the distribution of federal monetary assist for schooling, amassing and disseminating knowledge and analysis associated to varsities, and prohibiting discrimination in faculties.
Its funds account for lower than 10% of the nation’s public college funding, which is primarily pushed by state and native taxes.
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