The Trump administration’s moves to redistribute Education Department programs across other federal agencies sparked immediate legal challenges and political backlash. Twenty states and the District of Columbia filed a complaint alleging the administration is effectively dismantling the department without congressional approval, while Sen. Elizabeth Warren demanded Education Secretary Linda McMahon’s resignation. Plaintiffs argue the reassignments—putting programs like Title I, K‑12 literacy and civics under agencies such as Labor—exceed the secretary’s statutory authority and risk disrupting funding flows and oversight for schools and colleges.