East Carolina graduate and New Bern native Linda McMahon has one of the most unique jobs given to a department leader of President Donald Trump's administration. Eliminate it. "The Department of Education is not working as intended,

Linda McMahon, a major Republican donor and a former pro-wrestling executive, was confirmed Monday to serve as President Donald Trump’s secretary of the Department of Education.

The Senate confirmed Linda McMahon to lead the Education Department, paving the way for President Donald Trump to dismantle the agency.

The Senate voted Monday to confirm former wrestling executive Linda McMahon as the nation's education chief, a role that places her atop a department that President Trump has vilified and vowed to dismantle.

North Carolina native Linda McMahon testified two weeks ago before a Senate committee that she supported President Donald Trump’s campaign promise to close the Department of Education. Knowing that, the U.S. Senate confirmed McMahon’s nomination for education secretary Monday night in a 51-to-45 vote.

The former wrestling mogul will become the nation's 13th secretary of education, and she has pledged to be its last.

Linda McMahon will be the next secretary of the Department of Education after passing a full Senate vote for her confirmation on Monday. The Senate voted 51-45 long party lines to confirm

Ms. McMahon, who has little experience in private or public schools, will take over a department that President Trump has already begun to dismantle.