
US Senate confirms Linda McMahon as education secretary, paving way for department reforms
FirstpostAs he campaigned for reelection, Trump, 78, vowed to decentralise education, transferring the department’s authority to state governments. McMahon, a 76-year-old entrepreneur, appeared to agree when she told the Senate education committee earlier in February that ’the excessive consolidation of power’ in Washington was harming education former World Wrestling Entertainment CEO Linda McMahon, was confirmed by the Senate Monday to lead the education department. Reuters Former World Wrestling Entertainment CEO Linda McMahon, Donald Trump’s nominee for US education secretary, was confirmed by the Senate on Monday to run a department that the president has stated he wants to abolish. McMahon, a 76-year-old entrepreneur, appeared to agree when she told the Senate education committee earlier in February that “the excessive consolidation of power” in Washington was harming education. At McMahon’s confirmation hearing, Senator Bernie Sanders said the department was “providing vital resources for 26 million children in this country who live in high-poverty school districts.” He asserted it was “the responsibility of the federal government to say that every kid in America, whether you’re poor, middle class, rich, gets a quality education.” McMahon, a major donor to the Republican Party, has financially backed Trump’s political career since 2016.
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