Good evening. I'm Jeff Bennett. And I'm Omna Nawaz. On the news hour tonight, President Trump signs an order to dismantle the Department of Education. What changes could be made without congressional approval.

At town halls across the country, Republican lawmakers are facing backlash over Trump administration policies.

We take you inside one in the state of Nebraska.

And what's behind the skyrocketing cost of eggs beyond the spread of bird flu?

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to position eggs as potentially a tool to get people coming into the store.

Welcome to the news hour. President Donald Trump made good on a pledge today to try to eliminate the Federal Department of Education, which was created more than four decades ago.

That department has been a target of critics for nearly as long as it's existed. But President Trump and other Republicans want to go all the way this time, calling the department wasteful and arguing it fails too many students.

Many educators today argued it's critical and provides key services that states and

localities cannot.

President Trump today signed an executive order aimed at shutting down the Department of Education.

After 45 years, the United States spends more money on education by far than any other country

and spends likewise by far more money per pupil than any country and it's not even close, but yet we rank

near the bottom of the list in terms of success.

But the order might be more of a first step than a final blow.

Congress created the department in 1979, and the Constitution doesn't give the President

the power to shut it down by executive order alone. But technicalities

haven't stopped Trump's agenda so far. His goal, he says, return education to the states and have

other agencies absorb the department's responsibilities. We're going to take care of our teachers,

and I believe the states will take actually better care of them than they're

taking care of right now.

The Education Department is largely responsible for managing federal funding, enforcing civil rights laws and access for students with disabilities,

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