March 12, 2025 Liberal North Carolina city's DEI plan for hurricane relief shut down by HUD secretary Secretary of Department of Housing and Urban Development Scott Turner shut down an Asheville, North Carolina, Hurricane Helene relief plan that included DEI initiatives.
March 12, 2025 'Back to basics': Top Trump agency turns tables on Biden-era memos pushing 'equity initiatives' The Department of Transportation scrapped two memos from the Biden administration that the agency said confused priorities to serve a “social justice and environmental agenda."
March 12, 2025 NASA spent $13M on DEI under Biden while critical mission, quality controls flailed, watchdog group says While issues at NASA compounded under Joe Biden, the space agency continued to embed diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives into its workforce, according to a new report from watchdog group OpenTheBooks.
March 10, 2025 NASA shutters DEI office as Trump admin downsizes federal agencies NASA acting Administrator Janet Petro has emailed employees informing them several offices within the agency, including a DEI branch, will be closing.
March 7, 2025 University of Virginia to remove its DEI office: 'Voted for commonsense' Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin applauded the University of Virginia Board of Visitors' decision to close its DEI office after similar efforts at the federal level.
March 7, 2025 HHS expands Title IX probe in Maine to include state association governing athletics, embattled high school The Trump administration's Health and Human Services Department is expanding its Title IX probe into transgender sports participation in Maine to include the state's primary governing body for high school athletics and a high school that has been at the center of controversy after a biological male competing for the school won a women's statewide track and field meet.
March 7, 2025 Obama Presidential Center: DEI-linked firm's racial lawsuit blasted as baseless 'smears' An engineering firm working on the Obama Presidential Center says that claims it racially discriminated against a Black-owned subcontractor on the project are baseless and amount to smears.
March 7, 2025 STEVE FORBES: Truth or consequences: what happens when businesses end DEI Some of the biggest firms in the US -- Target, Meta, Walmart and Amazon -- have dropped DEI because it was unpopular with customers and investors. Steve Forbes tells what happens now.
March 6, 2025 Trump to shift away from DEI visa policy that ‘surged’ under Biden, expert says President Donald Trump is likely to shift away from a Biden-era emphasis on DEI and climate when it comes to the often overlooked EB-2 National Interest Waiver visa.
March 3, 2025 DOGE initial findings on Defense Department DEI spending could save $80M, agency says Around $80 million in savings will most likely be found and cut by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), the Defense Department said.
