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At the time there was widespread praise for the prompt roll-out of support, especially in the travel and hospitality sectors where businesses were shuttered overnight.

Western missionaries were expelled; churches, mosques and temples were brought under state control or shuttered; and clergy who refused to join government-sanctioned “patriotic associations” were imprisoned.

In north-east Scotland, more than 100 schools were shuttered as heavy snow caused further disruption across the region.

McMahon has conceded that only Congress can officially shutter the Education Department’s doors.

But ultimately moving these programs seems likely if the mission remains to shutter the department.