President Trump would direct Linda McMahon to "take all necessary steps to facilitate the closure" of the Education Department under a draft order.

President Donald Trump is reportedly set to issue an executive order closing the Department of Education this week. This was first reported by The Washington Post, which cited two people familiar with the situation talking about a draft of the action that was circulated on Wednesday.

President Donald Trump has said he wants his new education chief, Linda McMahon, to “put herself out of a job” and close the Education Department

Hamas said on Thursday that U.S. President Trump's repeated threats against Palestinians constituted support for Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to back out of the Gaza ceasefire agreement and intensify the siege and starvation on Gazans.