New York and the other attorneys general filed the lawsuit asking to stop the firing of half the Department of Education's workforce.

The suit from 20 states and the District of Columbia comes two days after the federal agency fired more than 1,300 employees.

Connecticut's William Tong is one of 21 attorneys general suing the Trump administration over its efforts to hollow out the U.S. Department of Education.

Attorney General Andrea Campbell has joined 21 other states in a lawsuit seeking to put the brakes on the Trump administration’s slashes to the Department of Education.

The Trump administration cut about half the work force of the agency, saying the move would enable it to deliver services ...

Federal Student Aid hosts the online applications for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, Parent Loan for ...

Democratic attorneys general in Washington, D.C., and 20 states sued Thursday over the Trump administration’s efforts to lay ...

A group of Democratic state attorneys general on Thursday filed a lawsuit seeking to block Republican U.S. President Donald ...

Get the latest updates on Trump's plan to dismantle the Education Department, and what it means for federal oversight and ...

Sweeping cuts When Trump took office, the department had 4,133 workers. But with Tuesday’s cuts, the agency said roughly ...

Oregon’s U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley joined 23 other U.S. senators urging the new U.S. education secretary to explain the freeze.

Trump is expected to sign an executive order to start the process of eliminating the department of education, but has not yet ...