T-Mobile abandons DEI programs while seeking FCC approval for two acquisitions after Chair Carr warns diversity initiatives could jeopardize mergers.
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.
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.”
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.
Penn erases Lia Thomas’ swimming records and bans transgender women from women’s sports after Trump Education Department finds Title IX violations.
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.
UVA President Jim Ryan resigns after Trump DOJ threatens university funding to settle diversity practices probe.
Justice Department demands University of Virginia president resign to resolve civil rights investigation, threatening hundreds of millions in federal funding over DEI programs.
Energy Department uses school funding authority to fast-track elimination of Title IX protections for girls joining boys’ teams, bypassing normal public comment process.
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.
Trump administration banned federal border agents from diversity events in March, prompting senior official to retire and speak out against “discrimination.”
Trump fires Kim Sajet, National Portrait Gallery director since 2013, for allegedly promoting DEI and being “highly partisan” and “totally inappropriate” for the position.
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.
National Association of the Deaf sues White House for removing sign language interpreters from press briefings after Trump eliminated diversity programs.
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.
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.
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.
Supreme Court orders Maine House to restore voting rights of Republican lawmaker punished for identifying transgender student athlete in social media post.
Justice Department announces False Claims Act will be used against universities with diversity initiatives by citing alleged antisemitism violations.
FOIA request reveals zero EPA employees responded to Trump administration’s call to report colleagues working on DEI programs.
Trump-appointed Texas judge strikes down federal workplace protections for transgender workers as EEOC leadership abandons discrimination cases.
White House claims Librarian of Congress Hayden fired over “inappropriate books for children” and DEI initiatives despite mandatory collection requirements.
Pentagon orders military libraries to remove books addressing diversity, anti-racism and gender issues by May 21.
Justice Department investigates Hennepin County attorney over policy considering race in prosecutions.
Trump administration settles lawsuit and restores Maine school meal funds after state refused to ban trans girls from girls’ sports.
Hegseth ends Women, Peace & Security program on women’s military leadership, calling it divisive even though Trump signed it in 2017.
Harvard president apologizes and pledges reforms after task force reports expose campus antisemitism and anti-Arab bias.
Trump administration investigates Chicago Public Schools over Black Student Success Plan, alleging race-based discrimination.
Trump orders K-12 schools to embrace AI and scrap equity-based discipline rules targeting racial disparities.
Naval Academy cancels frequent lecturer Ryan Holiday’s talk an hour before start after he refused to cut slides on book ban.
Pentagon spokesman behind DEI image purge forced out after backlash, as 3 other senior aides are implicated in leak scandal.
Trump officials fired 43 NIH science advisers—38 of them women or people of color—in a mass purge with no explanation.
Judge blocks Trump’s Labor Dept from forcing grantees to drop DEI programs, but allows ban on new equity-related grants to stand.
Army and Air Force libraries ordered to review books for DEI content after Navy pulls nearly 400 titles.
Judge orders Trump administration to restore USDA funds for Maine school meals after anti-trans funding cutoff.
Massachusetts schools chief defies Trump DEI order, says state complies with civil rights law and will keep promoting diversity.
National Park Service restores Harriet Tubman to Underground Railroad webpage after “unapproved edits” erased slavery language and her photo.
Trump administration fires Navy admiral and only woman on NATO military panel, 4th woman among 9 senior officers ousted in 10 weeks.
Trump administration removes Harriet Tubman and slavery references from National Park Service Underground Railroad webpage.
Kevin Young resigns as director of Smithsonian’s African American museum weeks after being placed on leave, as Trump targets institution.
Supreme Court, in narrow vote, lets Trump freeze $65M in teacher-training grants tied to diversity efforts.
Judge says Columbia must give 30 days’ notice before handing student records to Congress in antisemitism probe.
Trump administration issues written demands to Harvard: drop DEI, restrict protests, cooperate with DHS, or lose billions in federal funds and contracts.
Education Department tells schools to end DEI programs that ‘favor one race over another’ or lose federal funds.
Scientists and labor unions sue NIH over Trump-era purge of DEI, vaccine, and Covid research, citing $2.4 billion in canceled grants.
Naval Academy flags 900 books and removes nearly 400 before Hegseth visit as Trump admin DEI purge widens.