Google is following the Trump administration’s lead on purging diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, cutting mentions of DEI from its annual report and scrapping its goal of hiring applicants from historically underrepresented backgrounds.

Baltimore and a coalition sued Trump’s administration, alleging his DEI ban violates free speech and unconstitutionally blocks funding for diversity programs.

The lawsuit is higher education’s first major attempt to push back against a deluge of executive actions in the first weeks of the new administration.

A labor union for federal workers says dozens of employees at the U.S. Education Department have been put on paid administrative leave in response to President Donald Trump’s order banning diversity,

The rollback of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives weakens intelligence operations, erodes workforce morale and limits the U.S. government’s ability to navigate global threats, former national security officials argue.

Doctors are worried that President Donald Trump’s spending cuts and attacks on diversity programs will affect funding for research into pulse oximeters. The life-saving technology measures oxygen levels in the blood but is generally not as precise for darker-skinned patients.

In a decision reflecting a broader trend in the corporate world, Google has eliminated its diversity-based hiring targets and quietly erased language relating to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) from its annual report.

Following Trump's lead, organizations including Walmart, Lowe’s and Meta have announced they would scale back their commitments to diversity, equity and inclusion programs.

Google is cutting back some of its diversity, equity and inclusion programs in a move many American companies are making after President Trump signed an executive order intended in part to pressure government contractors to end their DEI programs.