Eliminating the Department of Education could worsen racial inequities by cutting federal funding to poor schools.

President Donald Trump hasn't been shy about his desire to close the Department of Education, calling it "a big con job" as his administration began gutting it this month. But does the president have the power to shut down the Department of Education?

The department launched an "End DEI" portal, inviting the public to complain about diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in K-12 schools.

More than four decades apart, the two Republicans campaigned on similar anti-big government themes. Once in office, they approached the task in strikingly different ways.