The Senate is voting on whether to confirm former wrestling executive Linda McMahon as the US’ education chief, a role that would place her atop a department that President Donald Trump has vilified and vowed to dismantle. McMahon, 76, would face the competing tasks of winding down the Education Department while also escalating efforts to achieve Trump’s agenda. Already the Republican president has signed sweeping orders to rid America’s schools of diversity programs and accommodations for transgender students while also calling for expanded school choice programs. Trump has promised to shut down the department and said he wants McMahon “to put herself out of a job.”
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