In hearings, McMahon faces questions about the shrinking federal role in schools and colleges

Linda McMahon, US education secretary, during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, June 3, 2025. The US Department of Education is pushing to strip workplace protections for pregnant or LGBTQ staff, telling its employee union the policies must be changed to conform to President Donald Trump’s executive order on “defending women from gender ideology extremism.” Photographer: Eric Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images