The End of the Department of Education? Linda McMahon on The President's Historic Plan

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🗓️ 6 April 2026

⏱️ 30 minutes

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President Trump isn't giving up on his historic campaign promise to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education. But as the administration works to shift federal programs to other agencies, it is facing legal challenges from states, schools, and teachers' unions. Education Secretary Linda McMahon joins us to discuss the ongoing effort to shutter her own department and why she believes it will benefit schools and students. Plus, she discusses efforts to improve test scores and the pushback she is receiving from her 50-state "History Rocks!" tour, which is intended to teach children civics and celebrate America's 250th birthday. While November is still about seven months away, Republicans are working to break the usual pattern of the party in power losing Congressional seats in midterm elections. While history may not be on their side, the Republican Party nationally has a significantly larger war chest than Democrats. Reince Priebus—former RNC Chairman, former White House Chief of Staff, and FOX News Contributor—breaks down the fundraising battle between the two parties, how redistricting could impact the midterm results, and what the GOP needs to do to hold on to power. Plus, commentary by Jimmy Failla, host of FOX News Saturday Night and FOX News Radio’s "FOX Across America" PHOTO CREDIT: ASSOCIATED PRESS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Brett Baer.
0:00.7	I'm Maria Bartramo.
0:01.9	I'm Brian Kilmead, and this is the Fox News Rundown.
0:09.0	Monday, April 6th, 2026.
0:12.1	I'm Lisa Brady.
0:13.3	President Trump isn't giving up on his plan to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education.
0:18.3	There is no one-size-fits-all education for our country. We are
0:24.5	50 states, and we have different needs in those states. We speak with Education Secretary Linda
0:32.6	McMahon. I'm Chris Foster. Republicans are seen as the underdogs in this year's midterm elections, but they have a lot more money to spend.
0:39.7	You're only talking about two to three thousand people that are going to make the difference between winning and losing.
0:46.4	So now take that huge money advantage, and you dump that money onto two to three thousand people.
0:53.1	The technical skill of what that is is what will determine who wins the midterms.
1:00.5	And I'm Jimmy Falla. I've got the final word on the Fox News rundown.
1:08.5	It's been just over a year since President Trump signed an executive order that would fulfill a campaign promise.
1:15.3	Today we take a very historic action that was 45 years in the making.
1:20.0	To shut down the Department of Education.
1:22.6	And it sounds strange, doesn't it?
1:24.3	Department of Education, we're going to eliminate it, and everybody knows it's right.
1:28.9	The President's order calls controlling American education through federal programs and dollars
1:33.5	an experiment that supports unaccountable bureaucracy and says closing the Education Department
1:39.3	would offer children and families escape from a system that is failing them. But that's not how his critics see it.
1:46.0	The Secretary of Education Linda McMahon announced her big attack on our public schools.
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