Education Department, greatly reduced by Trump, changing DC headquarters

The Department of Education announced Thursday it would be moving out of its current headquarters in Washington, D.C., which has been 70 percent vacant after half of its workforce was cut as part of President Trump’s efforts to eliminate the agency.

The Education Department will move to another smaller building in the city, with projected savings for taxpayers of $4.8 million annually, it said. The projected time frame for the move is August.

“One year ago, President Trump signed one of the most consequential executive orders of his presidency – to break up the federal education bureaucracy and return education to the states,” Education Secretary Linda McMahon said. 

“Thanks to the hard work of so many, we have made unprecedented progress in reducing the federal education footprint, and now we are pleased to give this........

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