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Nominee for Secretary of Education Linda McMahon testifies during a confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 13, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
The Senate on March 3 approved Linda McMahon to lead the U.S. Department of Education in a 51–45 vote, with four senators absent.
McMahon served as administrator of the Small Business Administration in the first Trump administration and chaired the America First Policy Institute think tank.
Aaron Gifford has written for several daily newspapers, magazines, and specialty publications and also served as a federal background investigator and Medicare fraud analyst. He graduated from the University at Buffalo and is based in Upstate New York.
