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An illustration showing Linda McMahon with an elbow on the Capitol building. Images of two senators are in the corner.

President Trump has said he wants Linda McMahon, who was nominated for education secretary, to put herself out of a job and abolish the Education Department.

Photo illustration by Justin Morrison/Inside Higher Ed | Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images | Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

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