The president moved to end diversity, equity and inclusion programs throughout the federal government with a flurry of executive orders, upending decades of policy.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday issued an executive order titled “ Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity ,” banning affirmative action and racial preferencing, including “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI) programs, in federal contracting and publicly-funded universities.

In addition to overturning affirmative action for contractors, Trump’s executive order declares DEI illegal and advises corporations and federally funded universities to end all

The Donald Trump administration is carrying out a significant overhaul of the federal government, specifically targeting affirmative action hires and federal diversity, equity, and inclusion staff. Knewz.

President Donald Trump has ordered that all US government staff working on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) schemes be put on immediate paid administrative leave. On Tuesday, the White House confirmed that all federal DEI workers had to be put on leave by 17:00 EST (22:00 GMT) the following day,