Linda McMahon sat before a Senate committee Thursday morning testifying about her plans for the Department of Education after being nominated by President Donald Trump to run the agency.

Linda McMahon is being considered for the role of education secretary, with plans to potentially dismantle the department

I would like to thank President Trump for his confidence in me to lead a department whose mission and authority were a special focus of his campaign,” McMahon told the committee. “He pledged to make American education the best in the world,

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.

A Senate committee forwarded the nomination of Linda McMahon for education secretary to the full Senate despite worries of President Donald Trump's comments about dismantling the Department of Education.

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

The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions voted 12-11 along party lines to send Linda McMahon’s nomination for education secretary to the full Senate.

What does the Department of Education do? To be clear, the federal department does not dictate what educators teach in the classroom. Instead, the department’s largest K-12 role

McMahon is a longtime Trump ally who became a billionaire as CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment. She left the wrestling empire in 2009 to launch a political career, running unsu

President Trump’s pick to lead the Education Department, Linda McMahon, cleared her committee vetting Thursday, setting up a final round of confirmation votes on the Senate floor. McMahon, who led Trump’s Small Business Administration during his first term,

A Senate panel on Thursday advanced former professional wrestling executive Linda McMcMahon’s nomination to lead the Department of Education.