Linda McMahon
Trump transition co-chair, former first-administration SBA administrator, and secretary of education listed among department leaders on June 10, 2026.
Relationship to Trumpeducation secretary in Trump's second administrationTimeline
- DOGE terminated 89 education-research contracts advertised at $881 millionIES data collections and program evaluations were canceled or interruptedTrump-appointed education secretary · documented · 1 source
contractAdvertised value of terminated IES contracts$881 million - Reported authorizing / contracting entity
- Institute of Education Sciences
- Reported contractor / counterparty
- Canceled research contractors
- Contract / case parties
- Students, educators, researchers, and taxpayers
- McMahon becomes Trump's education secretaryEducation secretary as of June 10, 2026education secretary in Trump's second administration · documented · 2 sources
- McMahon says Trump tasked the department with a 'final mission'Education Department 'final mission' directive issued March 3, 2025cabinet official carrying out Trump's education directive · documented · 1 source
- A shrunken SBA was assigned a $1.6 trillion student-loan portfolioThe administration announced the portfolio transfer while implementation remained unresolvedTrump-appointed education secretary · documented · 1 source
asset transferStudent-loan portfolio assigned to SBA$1.6 trillion - Reported transfer from
- U.S. Department of Education
- Reported transfer to
- Small Business Administration
- Financially affected
- Student borrowers and servicing operations
- A court blocked Education and OPM from disclosing personal records to DOGEPreliminary injunction restricted disclosures while the Privacy Act case proceededTrump-appointed education secretary · documented · 1 source
- An appeals court temporarily restored DOGE access at Education and OPMAppellate stay allowed access during the government's appealTrump-appointed education secretary · documented · 1 source
- Senate minority staff estimated $91.5 million for Education Department leave$91.47 million minority-staff estimate through July 2025Trump-appointed education secretary · documented · 1 source
payment$91.5 million for Education Department leave$91.47 million - Estimated source
- U.S. Department of Education
- Estimated recipient
- Employees on administrative leave
- Financially affected
- Students, schools, department operations, and taxpayers
- Education Department staffing fell by more than 45 percentEducation had the largest percentage workforce decline among GAO's 22 agenciesTrump-appointed education secretary · documented · 1 source
more than 45%Education Department workforce decline
Roles and relationships
Relationships
- Trump-appointed education secretarypoliticaldocumented · 6 files · 6 source referencesOpen cited record
- cabinet official carrying out Trump's education directivepoliticaldocumented · 1 file · 1 source referenceOpen cited record
