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

A new lawsuit from Democratic attorneys general in 20 states and the District of Columbia alleges this week’s mass layoffs at ...

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

Shuttering the agency is unlikely as it would require congressional approval and some Democratic votes to break the Senate ...

A coalition of Democratic-led states is challenging the Trump administration’s layoffs across the Education Department, ...

The lawsuit alleges the layoffs are so severe the department “can no longer function, and cannot comply with its statutory ...

Democratic-led states sue the Trump administration over layoffs at the Department of Education, alleging the cuts that ...

Democratic state attorneys general sued to block the Trump administration from dismantling the department, or laying off roughly half of its staff.

The Trump administration cut about half the agency’s work force, saying the move would enable it to deliver services more effectively. The attorneys general called the layoffs “reckless and illegal.” ...

California and other Democratic states allege Trump's cuts amount to an illegal shutdown of the Education Department's ...

The layoffs are the first step toward dismantling the department, a goal espoused by President Trump and his education ...

Under Trump’s directive the Department of Education laid off half its staff. The lawsuit argues Trump has no authority to ...