Ivana Trump’s funeral to be held Wednesday at NYC’s St. Vincent Ferrer church

Ivana Trump’s funeral will be held Wednesday at a historic Catholic church in the Upper East Side neighborhood where she lived.

Ivana’s three children, Donald Jr., Eric and Ivanka, plan to attend the service at Manhattan’s St. Vincent Ferrer Catholic Church — though it’s unclear if her ex-husband, former President Donald Trump, will also be in attendance, sources told The Post.

“Donald talked her regularly and sent flowers on every birthday and other occasions,” a source told The Post. “I’m told he’s very upset.”

The source added that if the former commander in chief does attend the service, he will come solo, without wife Melania.

Ivana died Thursday at age 73 when she accidentally fell down the stairs of her Manhattan home. Pals said she had been suffering from hip problems and had trouble walking in the months and weeks leading up to her death.

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‘The Department Of Education Should Not Exist:’ Former DOE Secretary Betsy DeVos Slams Federal Agency

Former U.S. Department of Education (DOE) Secretary Betsy DeVos spoke during the Moms For Liberty National Summit in Tampa, Florida, on Saturday and called on abolishing the federal agency she once served.

“I personally think the Department of Education should not exist,” DeVos said during the summit, according to the Florida Phoenix.

DeVos, who ran the education department during the Trump Administration, has continued advocating for school choice for American children.

In an exclusive interview with the Daily Caller News Foundation, DeVos said Republicans have talked about shrinking or eliminating the department for “many, many years.” However, she said taking practical steps like block grants to the states — a proposal recently introduced to Congress — could turn the tides and create a feasible option to make the idea a reality.

“Just watching how the system has performed or not performed the last two years, I think makes this argument of shrinking the department to be much more potent,” DeVos told the Daily Caller.

Over the last two years, the education system had kept children hostage — many of whom could not escape.

She laid out a five-point plan to reform education for Republicans to implement if the party can dominate Congress after the 2022 Midterm Elections come this November.

In addition to eliminating the department, the Daily Caller reports that her plan also includes supporting multiple pathways to post-K-12 education, federal student aid reform, and restoring Title IX. However, educational freedom, which would give parents a choice to send their children to various schools, marks the former department head’s most important reform.

“The solution to that is to have policies that will actually allow the resources to follow the family, to follow the child, to wherever their family decides they’re going to learn best,” DeVos said.

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Sanders, AOC, Buttigieg among top 10 Democratic 2024 hopefuls: report

Sen. Bernie Sanders appeared for the first time on a Washington Post ranking of potential Democratic presidential hopefuls — that also showed Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg pulling ahead of Vice President Kamala Harris in the No. 2 slot behind President Biden.

Progressive lightning rod Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez remained at No. 10 in the newspaper’s survey of possible contenders in the 2024 election, as California Gov. Gavin Newsom jumped two spots to No. 7 right behind Sanders, and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer debuted on the list at No. 8.

Biden wasn’t included in the rankings compiled in December 2021 because of speculation at the time that he would be a one-term president and because polls showed that Democratic-leaning voters narrowly preferred “someone not named Biden on the ballot in 2024.”

But the Washington Post began including Biden’s name to the list in its April rankings and in the most recent survey.​

“​The reason: There might come a time when the incumbent president isn’t the most likely nominee the next time around, for whatever reason. And his own 2024 maneuverings were suddenly very much worth evaluating in real time​,” the newspaper said.

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