Why Do Republicans Want to Dismantle the Education Department?

Two months after the Education Department officially opened its doors in 1980, Republicans approved a policy platform calling on Congress to shut it down. Now, more than four decades later, President Trump may come closer than any other Republican president to making that dream a reality. Though doing away with the agency would require an … Read more

Trump Administration Prepares to Revive and Expand Travel Bans

The Trump administration is finalizing a new ban on travel to the United States for citizens of certain countries that would be broader than the versions President Trump issued in his first term, according to two officials familiar with the matter. A draft recommendation circulating inside the executive branch proposes a “red” list of countries … Read more

Immigration Judges and Court Staff Take Payout Offers to Leave

A number of immigration judges have accepted government payout offers to leave, a union official said on Thursday, further depleting an overwhelmed system that President Trump had promised to fortify. A total of 85 employees, including 18 judges, at the Justice Department’s Executive Office for Immigration Review accepted the government’s deferred resignation offer or early … Read more