President Donald Trump has talked about abolishing former President Jimmy Carter’s brainchild, the Department of Education, but Secretary Linda McMahon is striking a more focused tone: Keep the department; end the waste.

“The federal resources would still be there, but clearly, the Department of Justice, with its Office of Civil Rights, would continue to make sure that our Title IX, our Title VI laws are upheld, and that’s where that responsibility ultimately does reside, and that will continue,” McMahon told Newsmax’s “National Report” in an exclusive interview on the White House North Lawn.

“But our students will get a much better education because more focus will be on them and not on the regulatory environment.”

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