The Trump administration’s efforts to slash diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives left another acronym on the chopping block: one museum’s $350,000 grant to replace its heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system.
Court documents from a recent lawsuit reveal the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) slashed more than $100 million in projected funding distributed by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), about half the agency’s yearly budget, on the basis of projects relating to DEI. DOGE employees tasked with overseeing the cuts, Justin Fox and Nate Cavanaugh, used ChatGPT to determine if proposals pertained to DEI efforts, filings show.
