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Trump’s war on DEI freezes diversity work across federal government

Trump’s war on DEI freezes diversity work across federal government
Donald Trump is waging war on US diversity programmes. (Image: Getty)
The Wall Street Journal
By Lindsay Ellis and Ken ThomasPresident Donald Trump’s plan to unravel diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts began taking shape on Wednesday with an order closing such programmes within federal agencies and placing all staff working on those programmes on paid leave.The Agriculture Department, the Treasury Department and the Labour Department had removed some webpages on diversity by Wednesday morning. The Federal Communications Commission rescinded an action plan promoting DEI and shut down the agency’s advisory group, amo...

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