What to KnowPresident Donald Trump is scheduled to sign an executive order this afternoon that sets in motion the dismantling and eventual shuttering of the Education Department. Officially closing the department would require an act of Congress.The Justice Department had until noon ET to respond to a federal judge’s questions about deportation flights last weekend that the Trump administration ordered under a rarely used 18th century wartime law. Trump and his allies have called for impeaching the judge over his questioning of the deportations.The Trump administration has negotiated the release of airline mechanic George Glezmann, an American hostage held for more than two years by the Taliban. President Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order shuttering the Education Department. Follow live updates below. ...read more read less