Moving to fulfill a campaign promise, President Donald Trump signed an executive order last week calling for the dismantling of the Education Department, an agency Republicans talked about closing for decades.
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Democrats said the order will be fought in the courts and in Congress, and they urged Republicans to join them in opposition.
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