Linda McMahon wants to spend $43,000 to spruce up her office as she works to close agency

What the coverage shows

Both outlets frame the story around McMahon’s planned nearly $43,000 furniture purchase and the irony of that spending alongside efforts to close the Education Department. The Guardian foregrounds the administration’s savings claim and the earlier office-relocation justification, while the New York Times emphasizes McMahon’s explanation that her old furniture does not fit the new space.

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