Trump orders all federal DEI employees placed on paid leave starting Wednesday
The Trump administration is ordering all federal employees in diversity, equity and inclusion roles placed on paid leave by Wednesday evening, according to a new memo from the Office of Personnel Management.
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U.S. Orders Federal D.E.I. Efforts to Shut Down by Wednesday Night
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Federal DEI employees to be placed on paid leave
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Trump administration uses King's 'Dream' speech to introduce executive orders cutting DEI
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Trump orders federal workers back to office 5 days a week
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Trump targets immigration with executive orders
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Trump signs order on government 'weaponization'
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Trump signs executive orders on federal workforce, free speech
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Trump set to dismantle DEI within federal government in first day executive action
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Trump expected to issue executive orders recognizing two sexes and curbing DEI mandates
President-elect Donald Trump is expected to issue two executive orders after being sworn into office. One will call for the classification of only two sexes–male and female–on government documents, ...NBC News - 1d -
Trump to issue executive orders defining sexes, ending DEI practices in government
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Spicer predicts over 100 executive orders 'by the time we wake up Wednesday'
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Trump set to break the all-time federal debt record amid inflation battle
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Fearing Trump deportations, migrants start leaving US voluntarily
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Canada, Trump and the new world order
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Supreme Court leaves TikTok ban in place
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Trump wants FBI to retain records related to DEI office closing
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A First-Day Trump Order: A Federal Stockpile of Bitcoin?
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Not Many Meta Employees Will Have to Move to Texas After All
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Struggling Penguins place 2-time All-Star goaltender Tristan Jarry on waivers
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I’m a Federal Employee. This Is What We Need Most in the Trump Era.
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Meta terminates its DEI programs days before Trump inauguration
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Trump to meet with Senate Republicans on Wednesday
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Democrats look for places to work with Trump 2.0
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All private companies in the state must now grant at least 20 hours of paid leave to employees to attend prenatal medical appointments under a law that went into effect Jan. 1.Inc. - Jan. 2
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