Linda McMahon
Appearances
Apple News Today
Amid the tariff frenzy, what are Trump’s actual goals?
Campuses and universities should be about open debate and discussion. What they should not be about is violence, attacking other students, attacking faculty to put forth their anti-Semitic views. These are attacks on Jewish students, Jewish faculty.
Apple News Today
What dismantling the Education Department means for students
We want to raise scores, not continue to let scores get lower. And the president is really convinced that the bureaucracy of the Department of Education is a hindrance in that.
Consider This from NPR
Who loses when Trump cuts funding to universities?
This is not a question of free speech. This is a question of violence on campus. This is a question of students being afraid to go to class or to walk around campus. Jewish students who are just really being discriminated against.
Consider This from NPR
What happens if the Education Department is abolished?
If confirmed as secretary, I will work with Congress to reorient the department toward helping educators, not controlling them.
Consider This from NPR
What happens if the Education Department is abolished?
I believe, as he does, that the best education is closest to the child and not certainly from Washington, D.C.
Consider This from NPR
What happens if the Education Department is abolished?
Yes. It is not the president's goal to defund the programs. It is only to have it operate more efficiently.
Morning Wire
Trump Trade War & Defunding the Ivy League | 4.8.25
When you see students barricaded in the library, people pounding on the glass saying death to USA, death to Israel. And I've talked to students at Columbia, Jewish students who told me that they were afraid to go across campus and a lot of the Jewish interaction on campus has been driven underground. And that's just not the way our education should be.
Morning Wire
Inflation Cools Down & Education Department Downsizes | 3.13.25
Is this the first step on the road to a total shutdown? Yes, actually it is because that was the president's mandate. This directive to me clearly is to shut down the Department of Education, which we know we'll have to work with Congress to get that accomplished.
Morning Wire
Education Department Dismantled & Tesla Terrorism Continues | 3.21.25
We restructured the department and removed some departments. We did it, I think, very thoughtfully. We made sure that there was a great severance package in place for those people who are no longer with the department. And we did it as humanely, I think, as you can, knowing that you are impacting and affecting people's lives.
Morning Wire
Education Department Dismantled & Tesla Terrorism Continues | 3.21.25
The best education, the president certainly believes, and I share that belief, is that that is closest to the child. It's best determined when education can be tailored to local communities by governors, by state superintendents, by teachers and parents' involvement. And we've seen that already in states who have been innovative with their programs.
Morning Wire
Education Department Dismantled & Tesla Terrorism Continues | 3.21.25
We want to see scores go up, and we want to do it more efficiently.
Morning Wire
Trump’s Reciprocal Tariffs & RFK Sworn In | 2.14.25
I am really all for the president's mission, which is to return education to the states. I believe, as he does, that the best education is closest to the child and not certainly from Washington, D.C.
Morning Wire
Trump’s Reciprocal Tariffs & RFK Sworn In | 2.14.25
Yes. Okay. It is not the president's goal to defund the programs. It is only to have it operate more efficiently.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 04-09-2025 8AM EDT
Asked about what exactly the administration meant by DEI programs, here's what Secretary McMahon said. We need to continue to focus on where these funds need to be spent, but making sure that we are treating everyone equally. We're not taking away the rights of anyone to serve the rights of another.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 04-09-2025 8AM EDT
There's been confusion around how state and local leaders should respond to the latest threat to poll funding. Many say they already follow civil rights laws, including New York and Minnesota's education departments, which pushed back against a federal directive saying there is nothing illegal about diversity programs at schools. The U.S.
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NPR News: 04-09-2025 8AM EDT
Department of Ed has not said how they will enforce the ban on DEI. Janaki Mehta, NPR News.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 04-07-2025 2PM EDT
Education Secretary Linda McMahon made the announcement on X. The establishment of this team will benefit women and girls across this nation who have been subjected to discrimination and indignity in their educational activities.
The Journal.
Trump's College Crackdown
And I believe that they are on the right track so that we can now move forward. Does that mean that the money will be unfrozen? That means that we are on the right track now to make sure the final negotiations to unfreeze that money will be in place. Okay, so not yet. We're working on it. Okay.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Inflation Report Beats Expectations, Dems Face Shutdown Pressure, Trump Warns Russia: AM Update 3/13
We wanted to make sure that we kept all of the right people, the good people, to make sure that the outward facing programs, the grants, the appropriations that come from Congress, all of that are being met. And none of that's going to fall through the cracks. Congress appropriates the money that is going through Title I, through IDEA programs. What's that stand for? Well, do you know what?
The Megyn Kelly Show
Inflation Report Beats Expectations, Dems Face Shutdown Pressure, Trump Warns Russia: AM Update 3/13
I'm not sure I can tell you exactly what it stands for, except that it's the programs for disabled and needs.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Millions Spent on Crucial Special Elections, New Columbia Tension, Trump Warns Putin: AM Update 3/31
Republicans are sweating the margins in special elections in two Florida districts.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Millions Spent on Crucial Special Elections, New Columbia Tension, Trump Warns Putin: AM Update 3/31
Well, the president has made it incredibly clear that he expects that students who are going to universities can go to a safe campus without discrimination. What we saw across Columbia and other universities was that The universities were not living up to that. I mean, when you see students barricaded in the library, people pounding on the glass saying death to USA, death to Israel.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Millions Spent on Crucial Special Elections, New Columbia Tension, Trump Warns Putin: AM Update 3/31
And I've talked to students at Columbia, Jewish students who told me that they were afraid to go across campus. And a lot of the Jewish interaction on campus has been driven underground. And that's just not the way our education should be.
The Megyn Kelly Show
The Case for Abolishing the Department of Education, Truth About Trump's Tariff Plan: AM Update 4/21
In a few moments, I will sign an executive order to begin eliminating the Federal Department of Education once and for all. I told Linda, Linda, I hope you do a great job and put yourself out of a job. I want her to put herself out of a job.
The MeidasTouch Podcast
AFT President Randi Weingarten on Trump Threats to Gut the Department of Education
I don't know. I don't want to get ahead of the president. I think you'd have to check with the White House. I think he certainly intends to sign the order, and we've talked about it. He's made it crystal clear since the time he was running for president that this is his intent.
The Rachel Maddow Show
Trump fires 1,300 at Department of Education; programs expected to suffer with staff gutted
That was the president's mandate, his directive to me, clearly, is to shut down the Department of Education, which we know we'll have to work with Congress, you know, to get that accomplished. But what we did today was to take the first step of eliminating what I think is bureaucratic bloat.
The Rachel Maddow Show
Trump fires 1,300 at Department of Education; programs expected to suffer with staff gutted
And that's not to say that a lot of the folks, you know, it's a humanitarian thing to a lot of the folks that are there. You know, they're out of a job. But we wanted to make sure that we kept all of the right people, the good people.
The Rachel Maddow Show
Outrage and exposure halts Trump's plans for Social Security service cuts
That was the president's mandate. His directive to me clearly is to shut down the Department of Education, which we know we'll have to work with Congress, you know, to get that accomplished. But what we did today was to take the first step of eliminating what I think is bureaucratic bloat.
The Rachel Maddow Show
Outrage and exposure halts Trump's plans for Social Security service cuts
And that's not to say that a lot of the folks, you know, it's a humanitarian thing to a lot of the folks that are there. You know, they're out of a job. But we wanted to make sure that we kept all of the right people, the good people,