The Scottsdale City Council has voted to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, emphasizing a commitment to hiring, evaluating, and promoting city employees based solely on merit.
President Donald Trump called for the "immediate dismissal" of the Board of Visitors for the Army, Air Force, Navy, and Coast Guard, and declared that service academies have been "infiltrated by Woke Leftist Ideologues."
President Donald Trump is actively dismantling diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives and critical race theory (CRT) programs, aiming to realign them with the original goals of the civil rights movement. His administration argues that these programs, influenced by radical ideologies from the 1960s, have strayed from promoting equal opportunity and instead foster division, racial preferences, and ideological indoctrination.
The U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, will be "taking steps to close all agency Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) offices and end all DEIA-related contracts in accordance with President Trump’s executive orders," according to an internal email.
NASA has issued a new directive instructing employees, contractors, and grantees to remove pronouns from all work-related communications, including email signatures.
Google has announced the elimination of its diversity hiring targets and is conducting a comprehensive review of its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives. This decision aligns with a broader trend among major corporations reassessing DEI commitments in response to recent legal and political developments.
Presidential Envoy for Special Missions Ric Grenell has criticized the incorporation of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) criteria in the Los Angeles wildfire cleanup efforts, asserting that such considerations are causing unnecessary delays. Grenell emphasized the urgency of debris removal and rebuilding, stating that DEI requirements should not impede the process.
Rep. Michael Cloud (R-TX) and Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) introduced legislation to codify President Donald Trump's order to remove diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs from the federal government.
