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.
McMahon ran for Senate twice, unsuccessfully. She served on her state’s Board of Education and remains on the Sacred Heart University Board of Trustees.
She’s most known for her connection to World Wrestling Entertainment, which she founded with her husband, Vince McMahon.
During committee hearings leading up to the Feb. 28 vote in Washington, McMahon said she supports universal school change and would enforce Trump’s executive orders to remove diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs and ideological indoctrination from both K–12 and higher education….