{"id":2409177,"date":"2025-03-03T18:44:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T23:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-confirms-linda-mcmahon-as-trump-education-secretary-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-03T18:45:34","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T23:45:34","slug":"senate-confirms-linda-mcmahon-as-trump-education-secretary-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-confirms-linda-mcmahon-as-trump-education-secretary-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate confirms Linda McMahon as Trump education secretary &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsenate-confirms-linda-mcmahon-as-trump-education-secretary-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2409177&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Senate has confirmed Linda \u2062McMahon, President \u200cDonald Trump&#8217;s nominee, as the new Secretary of Education, with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-joe-manchin-threatens-to-derail-bidens-1-9-trillion-aid-bill-unless-it-receives-bipartisan-support\/\" title=\"Sen. Joe Manchin Threatens To Derail Biden\u2019s .9 Trillion Aid Bill Unless It Receives \u2018Bipartisan\u2019 Support\">party-line vote<\/a> of 51-45. McMahon,a \u200cformer CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment,expressed her strong support for Trump\u2019s agenda too abolish the Education\u2063 Department,viewing it \u2062as bureaucratic overreach. She\u2063 stated that she intends to carry out the president&#8217;s vision of returning education responsibilities to the states. During her confirmation hearing, she refrained from committing to funding specific programs and was noncommittal about the implications for federal funding based on certain cultural or identity issues.\u200c Despite acknowledging that closing the department would\u2063 require Congressional approval, her\u200d testimony reflected a commitment to implementing Trump&#8217;s educational policies. The confirmation comes amidst ongoing changes within the department, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">including critically important budget cuts<\/a> to educational <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-to-win-in-ukraine-without-creating-a-russia-china-axis\/\" title=\"How to Win in Ukraine Without Creating a Russia-China Axis\">research contracts<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Senate confirms Linda McMahon as Trump education secretary<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/linda-mcmahon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Linda McMahon<\/a>, President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a>&rsquo;s pick to lead the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Education<\/a> Department, was confirmed by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Senate<\/a> in a vote that fell along party lines.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The upper chamber voted 51-45, with several absences, to confirm McMahon to run the department tasked with overseeing the country&rsquo;s education system. Her nomination advanced out of the Senate HELP committee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3324763\/senate-panel-advances-linda-mcmahon-nomination-floor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">with a vote <\/a>of 12-11&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>During <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3319424\/linda-mcmahon-department-education-trump-vows-dismantle-agency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">her hearing<\/a>, McMahon said she &ldquo;wholeheartedly&rdquo; agrees with Trump&rsquo;s plans to abolish the federal agency.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tpd-featured-video featured-post-video in-content bridtv\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2023021\" class=\"brid\" style=\"width:1280;height:720;\"> <\/div>\n<div class=\"tpd-featured-video-placeholder\" style=\"position:relative;overflow:hidden;width:100%;padding-top:56.25%;background-color:#000;\">\n<div style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;width:100%;height:100%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;d like it to be closed immediately,&rdquo; Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/trump-says-he-wants-education-department-be-closed-immediately-2025-02-12\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">said<\/a> the day before McMahon&rsquo;s confirmation hearing. &ldquo;The Department of Education&rsquo;s a big con job.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;President Trump believes that the bureaucracy in Washington should be abolished so that we can return education to the states, where it belongs,&rdquo; McMahon wrote to senators after the hearing. &ldquo;I wholeheartedly support and agree with this mission.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3319424\/linda-mcmahon-department-education-trump-vows-dismantle-agency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"LINDA MCMAHON FIGHTS TO LEAD DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AS TRUMP VOWS TO DISMANTLE AGENCY\">LINDA MCMAHON FIGHTS TO LEAD DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AS TRUMP VOWS TO DISMANTLE AGENCY<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>McMahon also refused to go into specifics or commit to funding a variety of programs at the agency in her written responses. During her hearing, she refused to answer questions about whether schools would lose federal funding if they hosted events that focused on certain identities or cultural affiliations that went against Trump&rsquo;s executive orders.<\/p>\n<p>While conceding that closing the agency would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-you-need-to-know-about-trumps-latest-drug-pricing-moves\/\" title=\"What You Need To Know About ...s Latest Drug Pricing Moves\">require congressional approval<\/a>, McMahon, a former World Wrestling Entertainment CEO, made it clear during her testimony that she intends to carry out the president&rsquo;s vision if confirmed by the Senate.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I would also like to thank President Trump for his confidence in me to lead a department whose mission and authority were a special purpose of his campaign. He pledged to make American education the best in the world, return education to the states where it belongs,&rdquo; McMahon said during her testimony. &ldquo;November proved that Americans overwhelmingly support the president&rsquo;s vision, and I am ready to enact it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>During her confirmation hearing, McMahon said Congress would continue to appropriate funds for education programs. However, she stopped short of committing that it would be the Education Department that would administer the federal funds <a href=\"https:\/\/www.warren.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/kim_warren_qfrs_for_mcmahon.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">according to her written responses<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Even without an order to close the department, the Trump administration has been overhauling many aspects of its work. The Department of Government Efficiency moved to eliminate nearly $1 billion in research contracts that have provided data sources on American schooling.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2023021\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2023021\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate confirms Linda McMahon as Trump&#8217;s education secretary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2657,"featured_media":2409178,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Linda-McMahon-1-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[16629,45346,44849,3740,3634],"class_list":["post-2409177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-confirmation","tag-education-secretary","tag-linda-mcmahon","tag-senate","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Linda-McMahon-1-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2409177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2657"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2409177"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2409177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2409181,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2409177\/revisions\/2409181"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2409178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2409177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2409177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2409177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}