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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Claire Savage

Civil rights agency moves to fire judge fighting Trump directives

EEOC Worker Pushback - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

The federal agency tasked with protecting workers’ civil rights has moved to terminate a New York administrative judge who has resisted compliance with directives from the White House, including President Donald Trump's executive order decreeing male and female as two “immutable” sexes.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in response to Trump's order has moved to drop at least seven of its own pending cases representing transgender workers alleging discrimination, and is classifying all new gender identity-related discrimination cases as its lowest priority, signaling a major departure from its prior interpretation of civil rights law.

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