The Senate is voting Monday on whether to confirm former wrestling executive Linda McMahon as the nation’s education chief, a role that would place her atop a department that President Donald Trump has vilified and vowed to dismantle.

The Senate invoked cloture on the nomination in a 51-47 vote, which sets her confirmation up for a full vote on Monday. No Democrat supported advancing the nomination

The Senate has advanced the nomination of former World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) CEO Linda McMahon to serve as Secretary of Education for a final round of voting.

Senator Bernie Sanders speaks during a protest against the nomination of Linda McMahon to serve as President Donald Trump’s education secretary, outside the US Capitol on February 12, 2025, in Washington,

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While the nation’s attention is fixated on the confirmation hearing of Linda McMahon, President Donald Trump’s executive orders aimed at dismantling the Department of Education and his directives to e

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.

Linda McMahon’s nomination to serve as President Donald Trump’s education secretary has advanced out of a Senate committee, bringing her closer to leading an agency the Republican president wants to a

A Senate committee voted Thursday to advance Linda McMahon's nomination to serve as President Donald Trump's education secretary, bringing her closer to leading an agency the Republican president wants to shut down.

Linda McMahon’s nomination to serve as President Donald Trump’s education secretary has advanced out of a Senate committee, bringing her closer to leading an agency the Republican president wants to a

Linda McMahon, 76, stepped down as CEO of WWE in 2009 to run for political office. Now she’s Donald Trump’s nominee for education secretary.

Linda McMahon moves one step closer to confirmation as secretary of the Education Department as Trump seeks to dismantle it.