Daily Headlines: DEI Pentagon memo from Oct. 8 allows commanders to override separation boards that vote to keep trans troops, ending boards’ longstanding independence. November 1, 2025 View Details Trump bars public service loan forgiveness for workers at organizations supporting immigration or providing gender transition care for minors, effective July 2026. October 31, 2025 View Details Justice Department reaches deal with University of Virginia to close civil rights probes once school prohibits DEI programs, four months after forcing President Ryan to resign. October 23, 2025 View Details North Carolina House advances GOP redistricting plan flipping swing district to Republicans at Trump’s urging as former Black rep who held seat denounces “power grab.” October 22, 2025 View Details Alabama library board considers rule banning books depicting transgender procedures or gender ideology from children’s sections statewide. October 22, 2025 View Details Former Amazon driver sues EEOC for dropping her sex discrimination case over inadequate bathroom breaks after Trump executive order ended disparate impact investigations. October 22, 2025 View Details University of Pennsylvania and USC reject Trump administration’s federal funding deal requiring tuition freezes, international student caps, and gender restrictions in exchange for preferential grant access. October 17, 2025 View Details EPA canceled $20 million Alaska flood protection grant five months before catastrophic flooding hit Kipnuk, where Lee Zeldin called it wasteful DEI grant despite community’s vulnerability. October 15, 2025 View Details Federal judge blocks Trump administration from imposing conditions on domestic violence grants that would bar groups from promoting DEI or providing abortion resources. October 11, 2025 View Details MIT rejects Trump compact exchanging federal funding for adoption of administration priorities on gender, admissions and campus speech. October 11, 2025 View Details Wyoming librarian fired after refusing to remove LGBTQ+ books and defending Pride Month wins $700,000 settlement from Campbell County after nearly 30 years of service. October 9, 2025 View Details Trump pauses $2.1 billion for Chicago Red Line extension to South Side citing minority set-aside contracts during shutdown as city vows lawsuit and senators call it illegal retaliation. October 4, 2025 View Details White House offers 9 universities preferential federal funding in exchange for capping foreign enrollment at 15%, screening students for views ‘hostile’ to U.S., and sharing discipline records with immigration authorities. October 2, 2025 View Details Atlanta airport forfeits $37.5 million in FAA grants after refusing to disavow DEI programs despite attempted contract edits. September 27, 2025 View Details FBI fires up to 20 agents for kneeling at 2020 George Floyd protest despite prior review clearing them of political intent. September 27, 2025 View Details The Education Dept. moves to strip $24M from three major school districts, targeting their policies supporting transgender and Black students. September 25, 2025 View Details Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth terminated a 75-year-old women’s advisory committee, calling its work a “divisive feminist agenda” just nine days after he approved its reinstatement. September 24, 2025 View Details Texas Gov. Abbott signs a “bathroom bill” with the nation’s highest fines, forcing transgender people to use facilities matching their sex at birth. September 23, 2025 View Details Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy threatened federal delays on the Key Bridge rebuild, citing concerns over the project’s cost and Maryland’s DEI policies. September 21, 2025 View Details The CDC backtracks on a remote work ban for disabled employees four days after a union called the new HHS policy a civil rights violation. September 20, 2025 View Details The Education Dept. gives Harvard a 20-day ultimatum to produce documents for its probe into the university’s continued use of race in admissions. September 20, 2025 View Details Texas A&M President Mark Welsh resigns 10 days after a viral classroom video on gender content sparked a successful ouster campaign by top state Republicans. September 19, 2025 View Details Pete Buttigieg counters Kamala Harris’s book revelation that their identities were ‘too big a risk’ for a joint ticket, stating voters prioritize results. September 19, 2025 View Details The Trump administration reallocates nearly $500 million to HBCUs and tribal schools, just days after defunding other minority college grants as racially discriminatory. September 16, 2025 View Details A federal judge blocked the Trump administration’s HUD from awarding housing grants under new rules targeting sanctuary jurisdictions and transgender-inclusive policies. September 14, 2025 View Details The Education Dept. cuts $350 million from minority-serving colleges, labeling the programs discriminatory two months after the Justice Dept. abandoned their legal defense. September 11, 2025 View Details A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to unfreeze more than $2 billion in Harvard grants, ruling the move was unconstitutional retaliation to coerce university policy changes. September 4, 2025 View Details HHS will restore over 100 health webpages after settling a lawsuit with doctors over their removal as part of a ban on the word “gender.” September 4, 2025 View Details Trump’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics told Heritage Foundation interns that male intelligence varies more widely than female intelligence. September 3, 2025 View Details Education Dept rules Denver schools violated Title IX by creating all-gender bathrooms, escalating Trump administration crackdown on LGBTQ protections. August 29, 2025 View Details DHS bars disaster aid groups from helping undocumented immigrants, reversing a long-standing practice of serving anyone in need regardless of status. August 28, 2025 View Details Citing declining foot traffic as success, pro-DEI organizers are continuing their 200-day boycott of Target for reversing diversity pledges made after protests over George Floyd’s murder. August 28, 2025 View Details GMU president rejects Education Dept. civil rights office demand for apology over DEI hiring despite finding of Title VI violation. August 26, 2025 View Details Education Dept says George Mason University must comply and publicly apologize for race-based hiring policies or face potential loss of federal funds. August 23, 2025 View Details Alaska medical board advances rule to punish doctors providing gender-affirming care to minors as GOP board member resigns to run for governor. August 23, 2025 View Details Florida officials painted over the Pulse Memorial rainbow crosswalk overnight, erasing a tribute to 49 shooting victims despite previous state approval. August 22, 2025 View Details Supreme Court allows Trump to cut $783 million in research grants Congress had appropriated under anti-DEI push. August 22, 2025 View Details Trump administration cuts $12 million California health grant after state refused to drop transgender content from teen pregnancy program. August 22, 2025 View Details Federal judge blocks Mississippi’s DEI ban law indefinitely, citing threats to free speech, academic freedom, and due process in schools. August 20, 2025 View Details Yosemite fires park ranger SJ Joslin for helping display a transgender pride flag on El Capitan, reversing long-standing practice after Trump’s anti-trans orders. August 20, 2025 View Details Trump administration flips Education Dept. civil rights mission, dismissing most discrimination complaints while targeting programs for students of color and transgender students. August 19, 2025 View Details Housing Dept cancels translation services and removes multilingual materials to enforce Trump’s English-only order, raising civil rights violations concerns. August 19, 2025 View Details Education Dept. moves to cut federal funding for five Northern Virginia school districts serving nearly 400,000 students over transgender bathroom rules. August 16, 2025 View Details Federal judge blocks enforcement in Maryland of Education Department rule limiting diversity and equity programs, citing failure to follow required process. August 15, 2025 View Details Education Department opens civil rights probe into Baltimore City Public Schools over antisemitism after ADL complaint alleging Nazi salutes and harassment. August 8, 2025 View Details Trump orders federally funded colleges to report race-based admissions data, directing Education Secretary Linda McMahon to expand oversight in a broader DEI crackdown. August 8, 2025 View Details Trump threatens military deployment for 2028 LA Olympics security two months after sending troops for ICE raids, vows gender testing that would violate IOC contract. August 6, 2025 View Details GAO finds Trump administration violated federal budget law by canceling 1,800 NIH grants and withholding $8 billion to target diversity programs. August 6, 2025 View Details Federal judge allows NSF to continue withholding hundreds of millions from researchers after Trump administration cut grants targeting misinformation and diversity programs. August 2, 2025 View Details Senate confirms EEOC acting chair Andrea Lucas to five year term, giving Trump a likely majority to roll back pregnancy, transgender and DEI protections. August 1, 2025 View Details Trump administration targets Duke University over alleged race-based law journal selection threatening federal funding. July 29, 2025 View Details Justice Department investigates George Mason Faculty Senate for resolution supporting president Gregory Washington’s diversity hiring practices. July 29, 2025 View Details Federal judge blocks Trump administration’s mass cancellation of humanities grants, finding unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination against researchers studying diversity and historical racism. July 26, 2025 View Details Trump administration asks Supreme Court to revive NIH grant cancellations after Massachusetts judge ruled hundreds were illegal and ordered their restoration. July 25, 2025 View Details The Trump administration has launched a third federal probe into George Mason University, with the Justice Department now investigating the school for racial bias in hiring. July 23, 2025 View Details After 287 current and former NASA employees issued a public rebuke over safety, a top director resigned and the Trump administration dismissed the concerns as “radical DEI principles.” July 22, 2025 View Details Trump opens third federal investigation into George Mason University over diversity programs led by first Black president. July 19, 2025 View Details Hegseth removes Naval Academy’s first female superintendent after 18 months following book purges and affirmative action rollback at school. July 19, 2025 View Details Hegseth withdraws admiral’s Pacific fleet nomination after conservative outlet highlights decade-old drag shows despite Navy’s centuries-old cross-dressing traditions. July 12, 2025 View Details Trump administration opens civil rights investigation into George Mason University hiring practices as part of anti-DEI crackdown. July 11, 2025 View Details T-Mobile abandons DEI programs while seeking FCC approval for two acquisitions after Chair Carr warns diversity initiatives could jeopardize mergers. July 11, 2025 View Details Health Dept emails staff “whistle-blower questionnaire” asking them to report discrimination caused by Biden-era DEI policies and identify employees who refused to implement them. July 8, 2025 View Details Trump administration froze more than $6 billion in education grants after claiming states supported immigrants and LGBTQ inclusion and “grossly misused funds to subsidize a radical leftwing agenda.” July 3, 2025 View Details Federal judge issues 103-page ruling blasting “newly-minted war” against health research as systematic discrimination after finding officials illegally canceled grants based on race, gender and ideology. July 3, 2025 View Details Penn erases Lia Thomas’ swimming records and bans transgender women from women’s sports after Trump Education Department finds Title IX violations. July 2, 2025 View Details Trump administration gave University of Virginia president ultimatum to resign by 5 PM on specific day or face immediate cuts to funding, jobs and student aid over DEI policies, senator reveals. June 30, 2025 View Details UVA President Jim Ryan resigns after Trump DOJ threatens university funding to settle diversity practices probe. June 28, 2025 View Details Justice Department demands University of Virginia president resign to resolve civil rights investigation, threatening hundreds of millions in federal funding over DEI programs. June 27, 2025 View Details Energy Department uses school funding authority to fast-track elimination of Title IX protections for girls joining boys’ teams, bypassing normal public comment process. June 15, 2025 View Details Trump restores names of seven Army bases previously honoring Confederate soldiers through transparent workaround, bringing back Fort Hood and Fort Pickett while claiming to honor different soldiers with same surnames. June 11, 2025 View Details Trump administration banned federal border agents from diversity events in March, prompting senior official to retire and speak out against “discrimination.” June 3, 2025 View Details Trump fires Kim Sajet, National Portrait Gallery director since 2013, for allegedly promoting DEI and being “highly partisan” and “totally inappropriate” for the position. May 31, 2025 View Details OPM announces new federal hiring plan requiring job applicants to answer essay questions about patriotism and commitment to advancing Trump’s executive orders while ending racial quotas and DEI statistics. May 31, 2025 View Details National Association of the Deaf sues White House for removing sign language interpreters from press briefings after Trump eliminated diversity programs. May 30, 2025 View Details Georgia pastor Jamal Bryant expands his corporate DEI boycott from Target to Dollar General, targeting the retailer for rolling back diversity programs under Trump administration pressure. May 29, 2025 View Details Trump delivers campaign-style speech to West Point graduates while wearing MAGA hat, boasting about eliminating military diversity programs and comparing cadets to male models. May 25, 2025 View Details Naval Academy returns nearly 400 books removed from library during Pentagon DEI purge including works on Holocaust and Maya Angelou’s autobiography after more detailed Pentagon review. May 22, 2025 View Details Supreme Court orders Maine House to restore voting rights of Republican lawmaker punished for identifying transgender student athlete in social media post. May 21, 2025 View Details Justice Department announces False Claims Act will be used against universities with diversity initiatives by citing alleged antisemitism violations. May 20, 2025 View Details FOIA request reveals zero EPA employees responded to Trump administration’s call to report colleagues working on DEI programs. May 17, 2025 View Details Trump-appointed Texas judge strikes down federal workplace protections for transgender workers as EEOC leadership abandons discrimination cases. May 17, 2025 View Details White House claims Librarian of Congress Hayden fired over “inappropriate books for children” and DEI initiatives despite mandatory collection requirements. May 10, 2025 View Details Pentagon orders military libraries to remove books addressing diversity, anti-racism and gender issues by May 21. May 10, 2025 View Details National Science Foundation eliminates equity division and cancels 73 more grants. May 10, 2025 View Details Justice Department investigates Hennepin County attorney over policy considering race in prosecutions. May 5, 2025 View Details Trump administration settles lawsuit and restores Maine school meal funds after state refused to ban trans girls from girls’ sports. May 3, 2025 View Details Hegseth ends Women, Peace & Security program on women’s military leadership, calling it divisive even though Trump signed it in 2017. April 30, 2025 View Details Harvard president apologizes and pledges reforms after task force reports expose campus antisemitism and anti-Arab bias. April 30, 2025 View Details Trump administration investigates Chicago Public Schools over Black Student Success Plan, alleging race-based discrimination. April 30, 2025 View Details Trump orders K-12 schools to embrace AI and scrap equity-based discipline rules targeting racial disparities. April 24, 2025 View Details Harvard sues Trump administration over $2.2 billion funding freeze tied to campus freedom of speech. April 22, 2025 View Details Naval Academy cancels frequent lecturer Ryan Holiday’s talk an hour before start after he refused to cut slides on book ban. April 20, 2025 View Details Pentagon spokesman behind DEI image purge forced out after backlash, as 3 other senior aides are implicated in leak scandal. April 18, 2025 View Details Trump officials fired 43 NIH science advisers—38 of them women or people of color—in a mass purge with no explanation. April 17, 2025 View Details Judge blocks Trump’s Labor Dept from forcing grantees to drop DEI programs, but allows ban on new equity-related grants to stand. April 16, 2025 View Details Army and Air Force libraries ordered to review books for DEI content after Navy pulls nearly 400 titles. April 16, 2025 View Details Judge orders Trump administration to restore USDA funds for Maine school meals after anti-trans funding cutoff. April 13, 2025 View Details Trump moves to cut Maine’s K-12 school funding over a handful of transgender athletes. April 12, 2025 View Details Trump DOJ kills sewage cleanup deal in Alabama, slamming environmental justice as DEI ‘preference’. April 12, 2025 View Details Massachusetts schools chief defies Trump DEI order, says state complies with civil rights law and will keep promoting diversity. April 10, 2025 View Details National Park Service restores Harriet Tubman to Underground Railroad webpage after “unapproved edits” erased slavery language and her photo. April 9, 2025 View Details Trump administration fires Navy admiral and only woman on NATO military panel, 4th woman among 9 senior officers ousted in 10 weeks. April 8, 2025 View Details Trump administration removes Harriet Tubman and slavery references from National Park Service Underground Railroad webpage. April 7, 2025 View Details Kevin Young resigns as director of Smithsonian’s African American museum weeks after being placed on leave, as Trump targets institution. April 5, 2025 View Details Supreme Court, in narrow vote, lets Trump freeze $65M in teacher-training grants tied to diversity efforts. April 5, 2025 View Details Judge says Columbia must give 30 days’ notice before handing student records to Congress in antisemitism probe. April 5, 2025 View Details Trump administration issues written demands to Harvard: drop DEI, restrict protests, cooperate with DHS, or lose billions in federal funds and contracts. April 4, 2025 View Details Education Department tells schools to end DEI programs that ‘favor one race over another’ or lose federal funds. April 4, 2025 View Details Scientists and labor unions sue NIH over Trump-era purge of DEI, vaccine, and Covid research, citing $2.4 billion in canceled grants. April 3, 2025 View Details Naval Academy flags 900 books and removes nearly 400 before Hegseth visit as Trump admin DEI purge widens. April 2, 2025 View Details Judge blocks CIA and ODNI from firing DEI officers under Trump order without review or appeal. April 1, 2025 View Details Trump admin withholds $27.5M in congressionally approved health funds from Planned Parenthood, citing DEI and care for undocumented patients. April 1, 2025 View Details France and Belgium reject U.S. pressure on government contractors in Europe to drop diversity programs. March 31, 2025 View Details For the second time this month, Pentagon targets Jackie Robinson—after scrubbing a story on his Army court-martial, DoD now flags his biography for removal under Hegseth’s anti-DEI order. March 30, 2025 View Details FCC opens investigation into Disney and ABC over diversity programs, citing potential violations of equal employment rules. March 29, 2025 View Details University of Michigan shuts down flagship DEI office, cancels $250M plan after Trump crackdown. on campus diversity. March 28, 2025 View Details Trump orders Vance to purge ‘race-centered ideology’ from Smithsonian, block funds for exhibits that defy federal policy March 28, 2025 View Details The administration filed an emergency petition at the Supreme Court to cancel teacher training grants it claims promote DEI, critical race theory, and anti-racism. March 27, 2025 View Details Hundreds welcomed South Africa’s ex-ambassador Ebrahim Rasool home after U.S. expelled him over remarks on demographic shifts and DEI. March 24, 2025 View Details Pentagon demotes senior spokesman John Ullyot after he defended erasing Jackie Robinson tribute and called diversity efforts ‘discriminatory equity ideology.’ March 21, 2025 View Details Judge orders transfer of two transgender women back to women’s prisons after Trump’s order moved them to men’s facilities where they faced abuse. March 20, 2025 View Details Pentagon calls removal of Navajo Code Talker content a mistake, vows to restore it. March 20, 2025 View Details Interim Kennedy Center director Richard Grenell wrote to staff after JD Vance and his wife were booed for over 30 seconds at a performance, saying intolerance toward political differences is the same as any other intolerance. March 15, 2025 View Details Arlington National Cemetery removed references to Black, Hispanic, and female service members from its website as part of a broader Defense Dept effort to eliminate DEI content. March 15, 2025 View Details The Education Dept announced more than 40 universities are now under investigation for allegedly excluding white and Asian American students. March 15, 2025 View Details A three-judge appeals panel lifted the block on Trump’s orders to end government support for DEI programs. March 15, 2025 View Details Senators call for probe after U.S. attorney threatens to blackball Georgetown Law students March 8, 2025 View Details GOP blasting Justice Barrett for voting against Trump interests, calls her DEI hire. March 8, 2025 View Details The Pentagon will slash 8% of the defense budget annually for 5 years, Hegseth vows to purge military leaders “any…involved in DEI woke shit has got to go” February 25, 2025 View Details NASA employees were told to drop everything and scrub public websites of terms like “indigenous people” and mentions of “women in leadership” February 23, 2025 View Details 50 Education Dept employees placed on leave for past jobs in DEI roles February 21, 2025 View Details
