Conservatives complained that the order led to cumbersome and unfair bureaucratic rules, but no president since Johnson wanted to face the political fallout that would come from repealing it. That changed on Tuesday, when Trump superseded it with his own executive order, part of a government-wide push against DEI — diversity, equality, and inclusion, policies that MAGA supporters say are unfair to whites.
If anyone wondered whether he was serious, his government also ordered all DEI employees to go on paid leave by the end of the day on Wednesday and ordered federal scrutiny of corporate DEI programs.
There will be court challenges, but their outcomes are uncertain, and there is a shift underway in corporate policies toward so-called color-blind hiring. Some big companies — including Lowe’s, Meta, Amazon, and McDonald’s — are already backing away from DEI programs, but other firms, including Costco, Apple, and Microsoft, have declined, saying their employees expect their programs.
Those calculations may change when the federal government launches regulatory action, and the pressure is unlikely to let up until someone else is in charge in Washington.
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What is President Trump trying to achieve in Iran, and how does his strategy compare to past US interventions in the Middle East?
The US has paused Russian oil sanctions in a bid to stabilize energy markets rocked by the war with Iran. Administration officials stress that it’s a “tailored” measure, applying only to oil already loaded onto tankers, but it’s still a gift to Russia, which has already been clocking an extra $150 million daily in oil revenues since the war began.
4: The number of crew members aboard a US refuelling plane – out of six total – who died after the aircraft crashed in neighboring Iraq on Thursday, US Central Command said this morning.