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Education Department employees placed on paid leave as part of Trump administration’s DEI purge
Dozens of employees at the Education Department were placed on paid administrative leave Friday as part of the Trump administration’s larger effort to rid the federal workforce of employees associated with diversity,
Trump's federal DEI purge puts hundreds on leave, nixes $420M in contracts
Since President Trump signed an EO to rid the government of DEI programs, the administration says 395 workers have been placed on leave and around $420 million in related contracts have been canceled.
Trump signs orders ending diversity programs; federal DEI staffers being placed on leave
The orders cut funding for so-called DEI initiatives across all agencies in order to "end DEI inside the federal government," according to Trump administration officials. They also rescind numerous previous executive orders and actions from past administrations that aimed to promote diversity throughout the federal government.
Trump diversity order hits federal workers in non-DEI jobs, Washington Post says
Dozens of U.S. government workers linked to diversity initiatives but whose jobs are not directly related to diversity, equity and inclusion have been placed on leave after President Donald Trump ordered the elimination of DEI positions,
Education Dept. workers put on leave after taking diversity training during Trump's 1st term, union says
Dozens of employees who attended a diversity training course encouraged by former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos during President Donald Trump’s first term have been placed on paid leave, a union official told NBC News.
Education Department places dozens of officials on leave over Trump's DEI order, union says
The federal Education Department placed at least 55 employees on administrative leave late Friday night after Donald Trump's DEI executive order.
Education Department employees placed on leave for attending diversity training
Federal employees at the Education Department could be placed on administrative leave for previously attending a diversity training. Several employees began receiving leave notices late Friday and reported them to their local union president at the American Federation of Government Employees,
Trump’s DEI purge targets federal workers who did not work in DEI
Dozens of federal employees who didn’t work on diversity or inclusion issues have been placed on administrative leave ...
Some federal websites temporarily go dark after order to comply with Trump DEI directive
The Office of Personnel Management distributed a memo, obtained by NBC News, ordering that all federal government references ...
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 ...
Federal agencies told to move to eliminate DEI offices and positions within 60 days
Federal agencies have been told to move to terminate “to the maximum extent allowed by law, all federal diversity, equity, ...
Federal workers told to remove pronouns from email signatures in Trump anti-DEI effort
Executive branch employees have been ordered to cut gender pronouns out of their email signatures, memos obtained by ABC News ...
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Trump rolls back DEI across the federal government. Is your workplace next?
In one of his first moves to crack down on "woke," President Trump used his executive power on Inauguration Day to end DEI in ...
The Human Cost of Trump Firing All Federal DEI Workers
Professor Shaun Harper explains how President Donald Trump's decision to eliminate all federal DEI-related jobs negatively ...
Agencies asked to scrub federal government websites to remove "DEI" content
The Trump administration had instructed federal agencies to take steps to "take down all outward facing media (websites, ...
DOGE announces more than $1B in savings after canceling 104 federal DEI contracts
Two dozen federal agencies reported a collective $1 billion in savings from the elimination of DEIA/DEI offices and roles ...