Appeals court allows Trump administration to enforce ban on DEI programs, for now

The court temporarily allowed a ban on DEI programs at federal agencies and businesses with government contracts, which had been blocked by a judge.

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Appeals Court Allows Trump to Enforce DEI Program Ban

An appeals court ruled that Trump could temporarily implement his DEI program ban.
Inc. - 2d
Appeals Court Allows Trump Administration’s DEI Crackdown to Proceed, but Judges Debate DEI Merits

Three judges on a Virginia appeals panel agreed to let the Trump administration orders move forward but were sharply divided on the values of diversity, equity and inclusion.
The New York Times - 2d
Appeals court reinstates portions of Trump’s DEI orders

A federal appeals court Friday reinstated portions of President Trump’s executive orders targeting diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs that were blocked by a lower court. The unanimous ...
The Hill - 2d
Appeals court rules Trump can implement anti-DEI executive orders for now

The decision from the three-judge panel allows the orders to be enforced as a lawsuit challenging them plays out.
CBS News - 2d
Playing in harmony, despite the president's DEI executive order

When President Trump's executive order banned DEI programs throughout the government, the United States Marine Band was forced to cancel a planned concert with teens from Equity Arc, a nonprofit ...
CBS News - 11h
Romanian court rejects appeal by far-right politician to lift candidacy ban

Călin Georgescu, a Russia-friendly populist, won first round of election before result was annulled . Europe live – latest updates Romania’s top court has upheld a decision to ban presidential ...
The Guardian - 5d
Trump asks Supreme Court to intervene in birthright citizenship cases

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to limit three lower court orders that blocked enforcement of his birthright citizenship executive order nationwide.
CBS News - 3d
Trump administration DEI order forces cancellation of concert with students

After an executive order ending DEI initiatives, the U.S. Marine Band canceled a concert featuring young musicians of color. Veterans stepped in to mentor the aspiring musicians.
CBS News - 14h
Supreme Court to take up bans on conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ kids, in Colorado case

The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether state and local governments can enforce laws banning conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ children, in a Colorado case
ABC News - 6d
Judge to hear arguments on Pentagon's transgender service member ban

A group of service members are going to court to fight the Trump administration's new ban on transgender troops. CBS News senior national security correspondent Charlie D'Agata reports.
CBS News - 5d
Georgescu appeals against election ban at Romania’s top court

Far-right leader calls on supporters to remain calm after violent clashes break out in Bucharest
Financial Times - 6d
Trump administration halting $1B affordable housing preservation program: Report

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has terminated its $1 billion Green and Resilient Retrofit Program, which funds renovation projects at affordable housing units across the ...
The Hill - 4d
Why Trump’s war on DEI is so diabolical

Trump and his allies have flaunted their support for far-right movements at home and abroad. We cannot allow them to succeed.
The Hill - Mar. 9
Equity Arc Wind Symphony: The full concert

Veteran military musicians stepped in after President Trump's executive order banning DEI programs throughout the government forced the cancellation of a planned Marine Band collaboration with teens.
CBS News - 14h
Defunded Aid Programs Are Asked by Trump Administration to Prove Their Value, on a Scale of 1 to 5

A week after terminating thousands of contracts, the administration has sent questionnaires to those programs asking how their work benefits the U.S. national interest.
The New York Times - Mar. 6
The key Project 2025 authors now staffing the Trump administration

Trump has invited some of the most prominent contributors to the Project 2025 playbook into his administration.
NBC News - 5d
Federal Appeals Court Dismisses Florida Case Over Gender Identity in Schools

The mother at the center of the case, January Littlejohn, was a guest of the first lady Melania Trump at President Trump’s speech to Congress last week.
The New York Times - 3d
Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order Reaches the Supreme Court

Trump administration lawyers asked the justices to limit the sweep of decisions by three lower courts that issued nationwide pauses on the policy.
The New York Times - 3d
Kohl’s Evolves Its Diversity Program Amid Trump Disparagement

Kohl’s joins a growing number of companies to alter its DEI practices amid government change.
Inc. - 1d
Trump brings birthright citizenship argument to Supreme Court

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court for an emergency intervention Thursday limiting lower court rulings that are blocking President Trump's plans to restrict birthright citizenship. ...
The Hill - 3d
Trump administration says handling of USAID documents 'did not violate' federal laws

A USAID directive to destroy classified documents had been "seriously misapprehended," Trump administration attorneys wrote in a court filing Wednesday.
ABC News - 4d
The C.F.P.B. Remains Alive as the Trump Administration Tries to Shut it Down

Court orders have paused, and at times reversed, the Trump administration’s efforts to shut down the consumer watchdog agency.
The New York Times - 1d
Trump’s anti-DEI agenda generates wild hypocrisy at US universities

The Trump administration is acting in unprecedented ways — and colleges and universities are suffering the consequences.
The Hill - 3d
Trump administration mulling new travel restrictions on citizens from dozens of countries

New memo lists 41 countries – including Afghanistan, Cuba and Syria – that could face new restrictions, evoking first-term Muslim ban. The Trump administration is considering issuing travel ...
The Guardian - 1d
White House vows to fight ruling that requires government reinstate fired probationary workers

The White House on Friday vowed to appeal the federal court rulings that required the Trump administration to reinstate probationary government employees who judges said were fired unlawfully at ...
The Hill - 2d
Trump asks Supreme Court to intervene on blocks to his birthright citizenship order

The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to significantly narrow nationwide injunctions blocking his order redefining birthright citizenship in the U.S.
ABC News - 2d
Trump asks Supreme Court to take up birthright citizenship plan

The Trump administration wants the Supreme Court to limit the scope of lower court rulings against his executive order that would end automatic birthright citizenship. NBC News' Lawrence Hurley ...
NBC News - 3d
Trump administration set for legal fights after carrying out deportations despite court orders – US politics live

Courts to demand answers after doctor is deported and two planeloads of Venezuelans flown to an El Salvador prison; Trump to attend Kennedy Center board meeting. What is the Alien Enemies Act and ...
The Guardian - 19m
Judge blocks Trump administration plan to cut millions for teacher training

Eight states had requested a temporary restraining order, which judge granted saying ‘programs ... will be gutted’ . A federal judge in Boston on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration’s plan to ...
The Guardian - 5d
Sycophancy and toadying are de rigueur in Trump’s court of self-aggrandizement | Sidney Blumenthal

Gestures of servility from administration members and world leaders alike are sickeningly common in the mad king’s court. Sycophancy is the coin of the realm. In Donald Trump ’s court, flattery is ...
The Guardian - Mar. 9
Trump: Administration talking to four groups about possible TikTok sale

President Trump said Sunday that his administration is in talks with four groups about a potential TikTok sale, with less than a month until a ban on the popular video-sharing platform is set to go ...
The Hill - Mar. 10
Trump takes his plan to end birthright citizenship to the Supreme Court

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to narrow nationwide injunctions that have blocked the president’s plan to end automatic birthright citizenship.
NBC News - 3d
Vance's mother-in-law pushed for DEI at her California university, CBS News finds

The Trump administration has been steadfast in its opposition to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. A CBS News investigation finds that those anti-DEI positions conflict with the work ...
CBS News - 4d
‘Guess what? You don’t matter’: what Trump’s war on DEI means for every American who’s not a straight white man

The US government’s move to abolish diversity, equity and inclusion policies is a naked attempt to appeal to prejudice – but it may well backfire. Almost a decade ago, I started a business called ...
The Guardian - 4d
Trump’s Spy Chief Urged to Declassify Details of Secret Surveillance Program

Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, has long held anti-surveillance views. Now she oversees a key surveillance program she once tried to dismantle.
Wired - Mar. 6
Murder conviction of Texas woman on death row for 27 years tossed by federal appeals court

A federal appeals court tossed out the murder conviction of a Texas woman sitting on death row for more than a quarter-century, ruling she'd been unjustly convicted on the basis of tainted ...
NBC News - 4d
More than 50 universities face federal investigations as part of Trump's anti-DEI campaign

More than 50 universities are being investigated for alleged racial discrimination as part of Trump’s campaign to end diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
NBC News - 2d
Rubio says 83% of USAid programs terminated after six-week purge

Surviving aid to be administered by state department in radical narrowing of definition of US national interest. US politics live – latest updates The Trump administration has taken an axe to ...
The Guardian - 6d
Trump’s Anti-DEI Effort Leads to Investigations at Dozens of Universities

The Department of Education announced investigations in a memo warning schools over DEI practices.
Inc. - 10h