Senate confirms Linda McMahon to lead Education Department as Trump vows to shut it down

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : "Americans believe in public education," Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, said before the confirmation vote.
51% : Yet she suggested some operations could move to other departments, saying Health and Human Services might be better suited to enforce disability rights laws.
44% : Schools and states already wield significantly greater authority over education than the federal government, which is barred from influencing curriculum.
35% : Mr. Trump argues the department has been overtaken by liberals who press their ideology on America's schools. Schools and colleges have been navigating a demand to eliminate diversity programs or risk having their federal funding pulled.
28% : 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 Trump has vilified and vowed to dismantle.
19% : Trump adviser Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency has cut dozens of contracts it dismissed as "woke" and wasteful.

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