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Linda McMahon punches back at senators questioning Education Department cuts

Department cuts ![On Capitol Hill on Tuesday, Education Secretary Linda McMahon defended proposed cuts to education spending — and shared plans to hire more lawyers to work on civil rights

'Dear America': HUD workers say they're being blocked from doing their jobs

Department of Housing and Urban Development headquarters in Washington, D.C. The agency wants to ban families with any undocumented member from federally subsidized housing.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/4000x4000+1000+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F8f%2Fae%2Fd14d172441a29c3661859d8621ce%2Fgettyimages-2223538456.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2026/02/19/nx-s1-5525859/hud-ban-undocumented-immigrants-families-housing-children) ### [National](https://www.npr.org/sections/national/) ### [HUD rule could push