US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to dismantle the Department of Education.

It’s been a decades-long goal of the United States to put individual states in charges of running schools.

The Education Department was created in 1979 and cannot be shut down without Congress’ approval, but Trump’s order might have done enough.

US Correspondent Dan Mitchinson talks to Ryan Bridge about why that is, why Americans are less happy than ever, and how much money two astronauts stuck in space earnt.

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