White House: 'Critical functions' will stay under Department of Education

(The Hill) – White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt  said all the critical functions of the Department of Education will remain ahead of President Trump signing an executive order to dismantle the federal agency.  

“The Department of Education will be much smaller than it is today. As you know, the president’s executive order directed Linda McMahon to greatly minimize the agency. So, when it comes to student loans and Pell Grants, those will still be run out of the Department of...