Almost half of the people who were working at the Department of Education when President Donald Trump took office just over 50 days ago are now former employees of the embattled agency. On Tuesday, the Education Department announced plans to lay off over 1,

The Trump administration has slashed almost half the workforce of the US education department, in a step towards the president’s pledge to abolish the agency. The education department said on Tuesday it was on its “final mission” as it announced it would lay off more than 1,

The moves will cut the department from 4,133 workers when President Donald Trump began his second term in January to 2,183 workers. The significant cuts come as Trump is considering an executive order attempting to dismantle the agency and as all federal departments and agencies are preparing "large-scale reductions in force" ahead of a Thursday deadline ordered by Trump.

In a TikTok, the comedian and actor shared that she moved to Ireland with her youngest child and has no plans to return to the States: “When it is safe for all citizens to have equal rights there in America,