President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order to dismantle the Department of Education, according to sources, as he aims to dramatically shrink the size of the federal government. Follow for live updates.

Without Congress, President Trump cannot dismantle the agency. No modern president has ever tried to unilaterally shut down a federal department.

President Donald Trump is expected to issue an executive order as soon as Thursday to direct new Education Secretary Linda McMahon to close the department down.

The judge had ruled that the administration was not complying with his previous order requiring the government to keep disbursing money to states.