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Education Secretary Linda McMahon is spending more than $43,000 on new office furniture even as she pushes Congress to close her department, The New York Times reported. Her office won’t say exactly what the money is buying.

According to Education Department records reviewed by the Times that haven’t been publicly disclosed, McMahon’s team told Congress her current furniture is worn out. The team said it “cannot be configurationally or aesthetically integrated into the agency’s new office space.”

A senior department official told the Times the $43,278.64 tab covers a new desk, a conference table, chairs and other items. McMahon’s communications office did not respond to the Times’ request for a detailed breakdown....

A Trump cabinet secretary is breaking from the White House on proposed budget cuts, according to reporting by the New York Times.

"The White House is asking Congress to cut the number of lawyers enforcing civil rights in schools," the Times reported on Friday. "Education Secretary Linda McMahon has told Congress she wants money to hire more."

McMahon told House lawmakers last week that the proposed cuts are a "floor for hiring," the report noted. Two anonymous White House officials said McMahon is contradicting their position by framing the proposed cuts as a starting point for negotiations. ...

U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon had to face heated questions about her cuts and changes to programs in her department.

Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) grilled McMahon for plans to shift programs for special education and disabled students to other agencies, like the Department of Labor and Health and Human Services. Murray told McMahon that the move has left parents "spitting mad, because they want to ensure their child with a disability has an education," according to a report by WJCT News.

"Moving [special education] out of the department is not only undermining that," Murray said, "but it's a direct message to them that their health is more important than their education."...

President Donald Trump has received millions in donations from his Cabinet members — except for three people, according to a new report Tuesday.

The Swamp, The Daily Beast's Substack, reported that out of Trump's 23 Cabinet members, 20 have offered substantial financial gifts to the president.

"Donald Trump has another good reason to keep praising his Cabinet members as they continue their relentless sucking up through his second term — they are putting their money where their mouths are by lining the president's pockets," according to The Swamp. ...

Former Education Secretary Arne Duncan told CNN's Wolf Blitzer the Trump administration has "no education goals" and that current education boss Linda McMahon isn't qualified — citing a recent blunder in which she confused AI and calling it "A one."

President Donald Trump is reportedly using the government shutdown as an opportunity to fire even more federal workers, including at the Department of Education. About 90% of workers are currently under furlough and a small number are working without pay.

"Trump has done everything he can to attack education, dismantle education, attack higher education. So this is just another excuse to do that," Duncan, who worked under President Barack Obama, said. ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has released another shadow docket decision with major implications for Department of Education employees on Monday, all without a "single word of explanation," according to legal experts.

Even though the court is currently on summer recess, it saw fit to take immediate action on the decision that allows the Trump administration to proceed with firing department employees.

This, as Education Secretary Linda McMahon continues to work to dismantle the department altogether....