US Education head DeVos quits, cites Trump rhetoric

US Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has become the second Cabinet secretary to resign a day after a pro-Trump revolution at the U.S. Capitol. In a resignation letter on Thursday, DeVos blamed President Donald Trump for inflaming tensions in the violent assault on the seat of the nation’s democracy. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao tendered her resignation earlier Thursday. News of DeVos' resignation was first reported by the Wall Street Journal. In a farewell letter to Congress earlier this week, DeVos urged lawmakers to reject policies supported by President-elect Joe Biden, and to protect Trump administration policies that Biden has promised to eliminate.