Trump reportedly to sign executive order closing Education Department

March 19 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order on Thursday that will close the Department of Education though Congress needs to sign off on it, media outlets reported Wednesday.

Trump has vowed to eliminate the agency and Education Secretary Linda McMahon was hired to "put herself out of a job" in the smallest federal agency with only 4,245 employees before the workforce was cut in half last month.

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