States Sue Trump Over Plan ‘Gutting’ Education Department (3)

President Donald Trump was sued by a group of mostly Democratic-led states over his alleged plan to effectively dismantle the US Education Department by slashing its workforce in half.

The plan to fire about 1,378 employees, on top of buyouts taken earlier by 600 workers, will undermine the Education Department’s ability to perform work mandated by federal law, states including New York and California said in a suit filed Thursday in federal court in Boston.

The suit against Trump and Education Secretary Linda McMahon adds to a growing list of cases challenging the administration’s effort to slash spending and reshape ...