Topic: Betsy DeVos

After three months of arguments and witness testimony, Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes' criminal fraud trial is now in the jury's hands.

President Joe Biden's administration said Wednesday it's temporarily expanding the Education Department's school loan forgiveness program to make it easier to get debt relief amid COVID-19 hardships.

Education Secretary Miguel Cardona on Wednesday announced the Biden administration will provide $500 million to fully cancel loans for 18,000 former ITT Technical Institute students.

The Education Department on Wednesday said it plans to enforce elements of Title IX that prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

The Department of Education announced Friday that it will make it easier for states to get information they need to oversee student loan servicing companies.

The Department of Education said Thursday that it plans to repeal a Trump administration policy that limited loan relief granted to students who were victims of fraud by for-profit colleges and universities.

President Joe Biden signed two executive orders on Monday in recognition of International Women's Day to support gender equity and equal rights in the United States.

Attorneys general from several states called on President Joe Biden and Congress Friday to cancel up to $50,000 in federal student loan debt per borrower, an issue that the new administration has yet to embrace.

Alex Azar, chief of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, said the violence at the U.S. Capitol would "tarnish" the legacy of the Trump administration in his resignation letter.

Department of Homeland Security acting Secretary Chad Wolf announced his resignation Monday, citing ongoing litigation surrounding the validity of his appointment and the withdrawal of his nomination.