White House, DEI

White House orders government DEI employees to be placed on leave
Employees in any federal diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility offices will be placed on paid administrative leave “effective immediately,” according to a post from White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt.
White House OPM orders all DEI offices to begin closing by end of day Wednesday
The Office of Personnel Management tells agency and department heads they must close all DEIA offices by the end of Wednesday and put government workers in those offices on paid leave.
White House Placing All Government DEI Employees On Paid Leave
The White House has ordered all federal employees working in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs to be placed on administrative leave by Wednesday (January 22). The directive, issued by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM),
Trump puts DEI staff on paid leave, guts environmental justice offices across government
All federal employees in diversity, equity and inclusion positions are ordered to be placed on paid administrative leave by the close of business Wednesday, according to a memo from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
US Breaking: White House OPM Orders Immediate Closure of DEI Offices Nationwide
The White House has ordered all federal Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) offices to close by Jan. 22, following an executive order by President Trump. DEI workers will be placed on paid administrative leave,
US government workers in federal DEI offices to be put on paid leave: White House
The Trump administration's latest directive requires federal agencies to eliminate DEI programs, remove associated webpages, and place DEI office employees on paid leave by January 31, 2025, as part of efforts to restore merit-based hiring practices.
White House directs all federal DEI staff to be put on paid leave
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Tech firms in Trump's AI Stargate venture have touted DEI programs, clashing with new executive order
President Trump has announced a major AI initiative called "Stargate" -- but the firms involved have DEI policies that go ...
Sunny Hostin calls Trump a ‘DEI hire’
The View co-host Sunny Hostin declared that President Donald Trump was a “ DEI hire” on Tuesday in reaction to the president announcing the end of diversity, equity and inclusion programs within the ...
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 ...
Factbox-What Trump Has Done Since Returning to the White House
Trump ordered the U.S. to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement, placing the world's top historic emitter of greenhouse ...
‘The swamp’ left in ‘shock’ after Trump uproots federal DEI: Brendan Carr
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr reflected on how “wild” the past two days have been under Trump’s leadership, during which the president “turned the ship around” through multiple executive actions.