President Donald Trump delivers remarks before signing an executive order to reduce the size and scope of the Education Department during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House on March 20 in Washington, DC.
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President Donald Trump delivers remarks before signing an executive order to reduce the size and scope of the Education Department during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House on March 20 in Washington, DC.
Mandatory Credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images via CNN Newsource

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President Trump Signs Executive Order to Reduce Education Department’s Size and Scope

President Donald Trump is escalating his multi-front assault on what supporters see as an elite establishment, using raw presidential power to bend the government, law, media, public health, foreign policy, education and even the arts to his will.