Linda McMahon headed the Small Business Administration in Donald Trump’s first administration and was a major donor and early supporter of the US President-elect when he first ran for the White House almost 10 years ago.

US President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Linda McMahon, former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) to lead the Department of Education, which he has pledged to abolish.

Linda McMahon, who had been in the running for commerce secretary, headed up the Small Business Administration in Trump's first administration and was a major donor and early supporter of the Republican President-elect when he first ran for the White House almost a decade ago.

Linda McMahon, who had been in the running for commerce secretary, headed up the Small Business Administration in Trump's first administration and was a major donor and early supporter of the Republican President-elect when he first ran for the White House almost a decade ago.

WASHINGTON: US President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Linda McMahon as education secretary, putting the former pro-wrestling mogul at the helm of a department Trump has proposed abolishing. "For the past four years, as the Chair of the Board at the America First Policy Institute (AFPI), Linda has bee

WASHINGTON: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Linda McMahon as education secretary, putting the former pro-wrestling mogul at the helm of a...

President-elect Donald Trump is nominating the billionaire professional wrestling mogul Linda McMahon to be secretary of the Education Department, tasked with overseeing an agency Trump has promised to dismantle.

A friend and financial backer of Donald J. Trump’s, Ms. McMahon, who led the Small Business Administration during his first term, remained close to him during the campaign.

McMahon co-founded World Wrestling Entertainment in 1980, and has had close ties to Trump for decades.

The 76-year-old was in the running to be the president-elect's pick to be Commerce Secretary but eventually lost out to Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick.

President-elect Trump is expected to chose Linda McMahon to serve as Secretary of Education in his forthcoming administration, two sources confirmed to Fox News.

President-elect Trump is expected to chose Linda McMahon to serve as Secretary of Education in his forthcoming administration, two sources confirmed to Fox News.

President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Howard Lutnick, head of brokerage and investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald and a cryptocurrency enthusiast, as his nominee for commerce secretary, a position in which he'd have a key role in carrying out Trump's plans to raise and enforce tariffs. Lutnick is a co-chair of Trump’s…

Trump is expected to make Matt Gaetz his attorney general and Marco Rubio his secretary of state, and place Tulsi Gabbard, Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller in key posts.