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Trump Administration Asks Justices to Clear the Way for Cuts to Education Department

Lawyers for the administration asked the Supreme Court to block a lower court order directing officials to reinstate thousands of fired employees.

© Michael A. McCoy for The New York Times

The Education Department’s headquarters in Washington. President Trump signed an executive order on March 20 that instructed the head of the department, Linda McMahon, to begin shutting it down.
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