<p>Trump ally, who is seeking to shutter the department, had said office relocation would save taxpayers $4.8m annually</p><p>The Trump administration has insisted its controversial education cuts are saving “millions of dollars” after it was <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/28/us/politics/linda-mcmahon-education-department-furniture-trump.html">reported</a> that Linda McMahon, secretary of education, is planning to spend roughly $43,000 on new furniture for her office.</p><p>McMahon’s office told Congress that the secretary’s current furniture is worn out and “cannot be configurationally or aesthetically integrated into the agency’s new office space”, according to non-public records seen by <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/28/us/politics/linda-mcmahon-education-department-furniture-trump.html">the New York Times.</a></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/28/education-secretary-mcmahon-office-furniture">Continue reading...</a>
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Education secretary Linda McMahon plans to spend nearly $43,000 on office furniture
<p>Trump ally, who is seeking to shutter the department, had said office relocation would save taxpayers $4.8m annually</p><p>The Trump administration has insisted its controversial education cuts are saving “millions of dollars” after it was <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/28/us/politics/linda-mcmahon-education-department-furniture-trump.html">reported</a> that Linda McMahon, secretary of education, is planning to spend roughly $43,000 on new furniture for her office.</p><p>McMahon’s office told Congress that the secretary’s current furniture is worn out and “cannot be configurationally or aesthetically integrated into the agency’s new office space”, according to non-public records seen by <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/28/us/politics/linda-mcmahon-education-department-furniture-trump.html">the New York Times.</a></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/28/education-secretary-mcmahon-office-furniture">Continue reading...</a>