President Donald Trump's choice to run the Department of Education, Linda McMahon, faces a U.S. Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday where Democrats are likely to grill her on the president's plans to shut the department outright.

Former professional wrestling exec and billionaire GOP donor Linda McMahon faced tough questioning—and scattered protests—on Thursday during her confirmation hearing to head an Education Department that President Donald Trump is keen on abolishing.

Education secretary nominee Linda McMahon said in her confirmation hearing Thursday that President Donald Trump "understands we will be working with Congress" on plans to change or eliminate the Department of Education.

Triple H, Stephanie McMahon, and Shane McMahon attended Linda McMahon's Senate confirmation hearing for the position of Secretary of Education in Donald Trump's presidential cabinet. WWE's Head of CreativeTriple H was seated directly behind McMahon,

President Donald Trump's pick to head the Department of Education, Linda McMahon, will testify before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on Thursday.

N.H., told Linda McMahon on Thursday that her confirmation hearing felt “surreal,” given the fact that President Donald Trump intends to eliminate the Department of Education, which he has tapped McMahon to head.

Months after she was announced to be President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Education, Linda McMahon is on the hot seat in Capitol Hill Thursday as she

MSNBC’s Alex Wagner joins Nicolle Wallace to discuss her reporting on Department of Education employees who were placed on leave after taking DEI training they during the first Trump administration and Donald Trump's pick to lead the Department of Education – former World Wrestling Entertainment CEO Linda McMahon – leaving the door open for schools to lose federal funding for teaching African American history in her confirmation hearing today.

At her confirmation hearing last week, Linda McMahon, Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of education, walked a thin line. On the one hand, she needed to assure Congress and the American people that she was fit for a cabinet-level position.

Follow updates as Donald Trump Cabinet picks Linda McMahon, Robert Kennedy and Kash Patel face Senate proceedings. The president will see Narendra Modi for a bilateral meeting.

The confirmation of Linda McMahon -- who is President Donald Trump' education pick -- would mean major changes to the Department of Education's influence.