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Trump wipes out federal DEI programs

Trump signs orders ending diversity programs; federal DEI staffers being placed on leave

President Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order to end diversity, equity and inclusion programs within the federal government. "We will forge a society that is colorblind and merit-based," Mr. Trump said in his inauguration speech on Monday.

New York Sun · 1d

Trump Signs Executive Order Shuttering All DEI Offices in the Federal Government

President Trump is taking a broad approach to root out what his administration considers harmful diversity initiatives going back decades to the dawn

U.S. News & World Report · 7h

Trump Order Ending Federal DEI Programs Leaves Agencies and Stakeholders on Uncertain Ground

Federal agencies, employees and contractors are trying to process how President Donald Trump’s sweeping anti-DEI executive order will upend their work

Trump finds new ways to flex presidential power

The Washington Post · 2d

Trump finds new ways to flex presidential power after returning to White House

President Donald Trump unleashed an unprecedented barrage of executive orders after taking office this week WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is swiftly breaching the traditional boundaries of presidential power as he returns to the White House,

USA Today · 9h

President Trump orders federal employees to return to office

President Donald Trump signed an order to temporarily freeze hiring for federal agencies and a mandate for federal employees to return to their offices. It was one of several executive orders signed on his inauguration day.

Whiskey Riff · 8h

Federal Employees Are Vowing To Boycott Local Businesses Now That They’re Required To Return To Office

The push for a return to office has been a major focus of Elon Musk, the billionaire Tesla founder and CEO who was appointed by Trump to head up the Department of Government Efficiency (appropriately named DOGE).

Federal judge blocks Trump's birthright citizenship order

The Washington Post · 1d

A federal judge temporarily blocks Trump’s executive order redefining birthright citizenship

A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order ending the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship regardless of the parents’ immigration status

PBS · 6h

Federal judge puts blocks on Trump’s order to end birthright citizenship

A federal judge temporarily blocked President Trump’s executive order to end birthright citizenship, the first legal test for his flurry of immigration actions. Birthright citizenship was enshrined in the Constitution in 1868 and upheld by the Supreme Court in 1898.

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USA TODAY on MSN · 4h

Live updates: Judge blocks Trump's birthright citizenship order; Hegseth passes key test

A federal judge temporarily blocked the president's effort to end birthright citizenship, calling it "blatantly unconstitutional" after multiple states tried to stop it in court. On Capitol Hill, though,

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President Donald Trump has restored freedom of speech in the United States

On Day One, President Donald Trump restored freedom of speech in the United States. If you weren’t aware that it had been ...

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Trump signs the first executive orders of his new administration

The orders signed at the White House included a directive to end birthright citizenship, a move sure to spark a ...

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Birmingham mayor trashes Trump's DEI executive order, calls it the 'Alabama-fication' of US government

Birmingham, Alabama Mayor Randall L. Woodfin criticized President Donald Trump's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) executive orders during a CNN appearance.

U.S. Orders Federal D.E.I. Efforts to Shut Down by Wednesday Night

Staff members overseeing diversity, equity and inclusion efforts were to be placed on paid administrative leave by 5 p.m.

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Trump accelerates campaign to remake federal bureaucracy

U.S. agencies under President Donald Trump pushed ahead on Thursday on his orders to reshape the federal bureaucracy, scrapping diversity programs, rescinding job offers and sidelining more than 150 ...

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Is the United States turning into an oligarchy? Scholars react to Joe Biden’s warning

Wealthy people have always had a louder voice, but Trump’s new allies represent the starkest consolidation of wealth in US ...

How Many Federal DEI Employees Are There in the U.S.?

Donald Trump issued an executive order when he took office in January 2025, removing Joe Biden’s DEI programs in the ...

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Justices allow enforcement of corporate transparency law to go forward

The Supreme Court on Thursday afternoon granted the federal government’s request to be allowed to enforce a federal anti-money-laundering law while the government’s appeal moves forward in the ...

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