The department tracks student achievement, manages college financial aid and sends K-12 schools money to support students with disabilities and lower-income communities, among other things.
President Trump got rid of a decades-old policy that prevented agents from arresting migrants without legal status in sensitive places, including schools.
NPR's Juana Summers talks to the newly elected chair of the Democratic National Committee, Ken Martin, about the future of the Democratic Party under a second Trump administration.
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Jennifer Herricks, the founder of Louisiana Families for Vaccines, a group that organized a letter asking Sen. Bill Cassidy to denounce RFK Jr.'s HHS nomination.
The storm system is moving across the U.S. quickly, with freezing rain and sleet forecast to change over to all rain by Thursday afternoon, he says. And while upper parts of the country will see ...
European leaders met in Brussels for security talks. High on the agenda was Greenland. President Trump has threatened to take control of the island, suggesting it's important for regional security.