President-elect Trump intends to nominate Linda McMahon, the head of the Small Business Administration (SBA) from his first term, to lead the Department of Education, which he has long threatened to dismantle.
McMahon, who could potentially be tasked with ending the department, will be put in charge of heading up changes to Title IX and determining how student debt is handled.
Here is what to know about the potential next Education secretary:
First repeat from Trump’s previous administration
McMahon is the first person Trump has nominated for a Cabinet secretary spot who also served in his previous administration. She was previously the head of the SBA from 2017 to 2019.
She stepped down from that role in 2019 to take a position on Trump’s reelection campaign at the time.
Shortly after resigning, McMahon was named chairwoman of a Super PAC called America First Action.
McMahon has stayed in........