"Today, the U.S. Department of Education's Office of the General Counsel (OGC) opened a foreign funding investigation into the University of Michigan (UM) after a review of the university's foreign reports revealed inaccurate and incomplete disclosures," the DOE said in a news release.

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Governor Laura Kelly on Thursday joined 17 governors in sending a letter to United States Secretary of Education Linda McMahon demanding the department release approximately $6.8 billion in federal education funding.

In a 6-3 decision along ideological lines, the Supreme Court paused a lower court order that had reinstated 1,400 Education Department employees laid off by the Trump's administration.

Colorado has joined a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education to prevent the freezing of federal education funds vital for diverse and underserved students.

Sen. John Boozman (R-AR) and nine other Senate Republicans have signed a letter asking the Office of Management and Budget to release Department of Education funds to states, which are currently being withheld for review.

The Supreme Court cleared the way for the Trump administration to fire hundreds of Department of Education employees, a move that advances President Donald Trump’s plans to dismantle the department. The high court’s decision in McMahon v. State of New York was issued 6-3 along ideological lines.

Colorado has joined a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education over a freeze in essential education funding.

The U.S. Department of Education has emerged as central in the struggle over control of the power of the purse in the nation’s capital.