She came ready to throw down. Education Secretary nominee Linda McMahon faced hecklers who invoked her World Wrestling Entertainment days and tough questions about her plans to abolish the department as she entered the political arena Thursday for a Senate confirmation hearing.

McMahon said that while the administration aims to restructure the Department of Education, key programs will continue to operate.

At her confirmation hearing last week, Linda McMahon, Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of education, walked a thin line. On the one hand, she needed to assure Congress and the American people that she was fit for a cabinet-level position.

Linda McMahon, the former wrestling executive now nominated for education secretary, faced questions from senators about how she plans to lead an agency that President Donald Trump intends to dismantle.

President Trump's education secretary nominee pledged to maintain school funding even as she works to end the U.S. Department of Education.

Linda McMahon acknowledged during a confirmation hearing Thursday the Trump administration would need the help of Congress to abolish the Education Department.

Ahead of Linda McMahon’s hearing to become the next secretary of the Department of Education, America’s state teachers of the year for 2024 have said they worry the future of public education is

Linda McMahon in her confirmation hearing for Education secretary on Thursday vowed to work with Congress on a myriad of issues, including President Trump’s ultimate goal of ending the department she would lead. McMahon did not hide her belief that the ...

President Donald Trump's choice to run the Department of Education, Linda McMahon, advocated for the president's plans to abolish the department at her U.S. Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday.

Linda McMahon, the nominee for secretary of the U.S. Department of Education, faced a flurry of questions at her Thursday confirmation hearing about President Donald Trump’s impending order ...