The Latest: Trump signs executive order aimed at eliminating Education Department

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday aimed at eliminating the U.S. Education Department.

On immigration, a federal judge ordered the administration to provide more information about flights that took deportees to El Salvado r or make a formal “state secrets“ claim. The Justice Department has resisted, accusing the judge of encroaching on the executive branch’s authority relating to national security and foreign policy. Trump’s border czar has tallied 40,000 immigration-related arrests since Trump got into office.