Committee voted on Thursday to advance the nomination of Linda McMahon for Education Secretary to a full Senate vote.

Linda McMahon's Senate confirmation hearing Thursday featured protests, DEI debates, discussions on trans athletes and scrutiny over DOGE spending cuts.

In a 2.5-hour long Senate hearing peppered by outbursts from anti-Trump protesters, McMahon, who led the Small Business Administration during Trump’s first term, spoke of an education system in decay,

Linda McMahon expressed her support for protecting women and girls from trans athlete inclusion during her confirmation hearing on Thursday.

Sen. Tammy Baldwin said she was “concerned” about education secretary nominee Linda McMahon’s commitment to handling campus sexual assault claims.

Linda McMahon appeared before U.S. senators, answering for an already turbulent time at the Education Department before she's taken charge.

Linda McMahon’s nomination to serve as President Donald Trump’s education secretary has advanced out of a Senate committee, bringing her closer to leading an agency the Republican president wants to abolish.

McMahon, who led Trump’s Small Business Administration during his first term, was approved in a party-line vote by all 12 Republicans on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions

A Senate committee approved of President Donald Trump’s nomination of Linda McMahon to lead the Department of Education. She now moves to a full Senate vote.

Senators in the education committee voted to approve McMahon’s nomination. Her nomination will now go to the full Senate for final approval.