Trump nominates Linda McMahon as education secretary
President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Linda McMahon, a billionaire and former professional wrestling executive, to be the Secretary of Education. McMahon previously led the Small Business Administration from 2017 to 2019 and has run for the U.S. Senate in Connecticut twice. While she has some experience in education, including a year on the Connecticut Board of Education, she is not widely known in education circles.