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Trump expected to issue executive order to eliminate Education Department

Name: Trump expected to issue executive order to eliminate Education Department
Uploaded: 2025-03-06T10:00:00-0500
Duration: 4 min 8 s
Description: President Trump is expected to issue an executive order to shutter the Department of Education. The department was created by Congress in 1979 and it would take an act of Congress to fully dismantle it. CBS News correspondent Natalie Brand has more.

President Trump is expected to issue an executive order to shutter the Department of Education. The department was created by Congress in 1979 and it would take an act of Congress to fully dismantle it. CBS News correspondent Natalie Brand has more.