President Donald Trump wants to dismantle the Department of Education. He can’t eliminate it without Congress, but Elon Musk’s DOGE can slowly starve it.

Trump repeatedly talked about his desire to close the Education Department, which he alleged “indoctrinate(s) America’s youth with all sorts of things," on the campaign trail.

President Donald Trump has promised to abolish the Education Department and turn its power over to states and schools

As President Donald Trump's second administration continued its effort to swiftly reshape the federal government, a union representing foreign service officers at the U.S. Agency for International Development accused the administration of failing to comply with last week’s temporary restraining order to prevent the dismantling of USAID.

Almost $1 billion in cuts have been made to the Department of Education by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The fate of the department's Institute of Education Sciences (IES), which tracks the progress of the nation's students,

It’s unclear to what degree the Education Department’s Institute of Education Sciences will continue to exist after Musk’s team slashed scores of contracts. Industry groups said at least 169 contracts were suddenly terminated Monday,

Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency canceled education research contracts worth roughly $1 billion on Monday.

Elon Musk's DOGE has announced it is terminating $881 million worth of Education Department contracts. Stay with Newsweek's live blog for updates.