Consumer Financial Protection Bureau plans to narrow Equal Credit Opportunity Act fair-lending rules by de-emphasizing disparate impact standard that polices unintentional racial and gender discrimination in lending, housing, and education.
Labor Department launches social media campaign with AI-generated images almost exclusively showing white men, which experts compare to Nazi and New Deal propaganda.
Cornell pays $30 million settlement and invests $30 million in agricultural research to restore $250 million in frozen federal funding and close investigations.
California Supreme Court unanimously upholds law forbidding nursing home employees from misgendering LGBT residents, rejecting First Amendment challenge.
Trump elevates Andrea Lucas to EEOC chair after agency litigation dropped to 93 lawsuits from 143 two years earlier as commission abandons gender identity and disparate impact cases.
Sixth Circuit rules 10 to 7 that Ohio school district cannot punish students for using biological pronouns when referring to transgender classmates.
Supreme Court allows Trump administration to limit passport sex markers to male or female based on birth sex, reversing Biden policy that allowed transgender people to self-select gender or choose “X” marker.
Judge orders White House to immediately provide American Sign Language interpreters at press briefings after administration stopped using them in January despite hundreds of thousands of Americans communicating mainly in ASL.
Pentagon memo from Oct. 8 allows commanders to override separation boards that vote to keep trans troops, ending boards’ longstanding independence.
Trump bars public service loan forgiveness for workers at organizations supporting immigration or providing gender transition care for minors, effective July 2026.
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.
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.”
Alabama library board considers rule banning books depicting transgender procedures or gender ideology from children’s sections statewide.
Former Amazon driver sues EEOC for dropping her sex discrimination case over inadequate bathroom breaks after Trump executive order ended disparate impact investigations.
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.
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.
Federal judge blocks Trump administration from imposing conditions on domestic violence grants that would bar groups from promoting DEI or providing abortion resources.
MIT rejects Trump compact exchanging federal funding for adoption of administration priorities on gender, admissions and campus speech.
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.
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.
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.
Atlanta airport forfeits $37.5 million in FAA grants after refusing to disavow DEI programs despite attempted contract edits.
FBI fires up to 20 agents for kneeling at 2020 George Floyd protest despite prior review clearing them of political intent.
The Education Dept. moves to strip $24M from three major school districts, targeting their policies supporting transgender and Black students.
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.
Texas Gov. Abbott signs a “bathroom bill” with the nation’s highest fines, forcing transgender people to use facilities matching their sex at birth.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy threatened federal delays on the Key Bridge rebuild, citing concerns over the project’s cost and Maryland’s DEI policies.
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.
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.
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.
Pete Buttigieg counters Kamala Harris’s book revelation that their identities were ‘too big a risk’ for a joint ticket, stating voters prioritize results.
The Trump administration reallocates nearly $500 million to HBCUs and tribal schools, just days after defunding other minority college grants as racially discriminatory.
A federal judge blocked the Trump administration’s HUD from awarding housing grants under new rules targeting sanctuary jurisdictions and transgender-inclusive policies.
The Education Dept. cuts $350 million from minority-serving colleges, labeling the programs discriminatory two months after the Justice Dept. abandoned their legal defense.
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.
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.”
Trump’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics told Heritage Foundation interns that male intelligence varies more widely than female intelligence.
Education Dept rules Denver schools violated Title IX by creating all-gender bathrooms, escalating Trump administration crackdown on LGBTQ protections.
DHS bars disaster aid groups from helping undocumented immigrants, reversing a long-standing practice of serving anyone in need regardless of status.
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.
GMU president rejects Education Dept. civil rights office demand for apology over DEI hiring despite finding of Title VI violation.
Education Dept says George Mason University must comply and publicly apologize for race-based hiring policies or face potential loss of federal funds.
Alaska medical board advances rule to punish doctors providing gender-affirming care to minors as GOP board member resigns to run for governor.
Florida officials painted over the Pulse Memorial rainbow crosswalk overnight, erasing a tribute to 49 shooting victims despite previous state approval.
Supreme Court allows Trump to cut $783 million in research grants Congress had appropriated under anti-DEI push.
Trump administration cuts $12 million California health grant after state refused to drop transgender content from teen pregnancy program.
Federal judge blocks Mississippi’s DEI ban law indefinitely, citing threats to free speech, academic freedom, and due process in schools.
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.
Trump administration flips Education Dept. civil rights mission, dismissing most discrimination complaints while targeting programs for students of color and transgender students.
Housing Dept cancels translation services and removes multilingual materials to enforce Trump’s English-only order, raising civil rights violations concerns.
