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.
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.
WWE co-founder Linda McMahon was sworn in as Donald Trump's education secretary on March 3, sharing her 'final mission' for the Carter-era department that she was tapped to lead
Linda McMahon, the longtime president and CEO of WWE, is now the Secretary of Education, with the express mission to shut the department down.
In President Donald Trump’s meritocracy, you apparently don’t need much educational experience to run the Department of Education. The Republican-controlled Senate on Monday confirmed former wrestling exec and billionaire Linda McMahon as the next Secretary of Education.
This vote was no Stone Cold Stunner. World Wrestling Entertainment co-founder Linda McMahon was confirmed along party lines by the US Senate on Monday to lead the Department of Education — which is already cutting funding and offering buyouts to its workforce as President Trump has made clear he wants the agency “closed immediately.
McMahon was confirmed by a 51-45 vote, with none of the present Democrats crossing party lines to support the nomination
President Trump has said he wants to do away with the department, and in her first hours as education secretary, Linda McMahon indicated she would follow his lead.
President Trump wants to dismantle the Department of Education. Here's what would be impacted. 02:59. The Senate voted Monday to confirm former wrestling executive Linda McMahon a
The Senate voted Monday to confirm former wrestling executive Linda McMahon as the nation’s education chief, a role that places her atop a department that President Donald Trump has vilified and vowed to dismantle.
The U.S. Senate on Monday confirmed billionaire and former World Wrestling Entertainment executive Linda McMahon as the secretary of Education, an agency President Donald Trump wants to abolish.
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