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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Lauren Aratani

What we know so far about Trump’s orders on diversity, equity and inclusion

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Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order on 23 January 2025. Photograph: Abaca/Rex/Shutterstock

Within his first few days in office, Donald Trump reversed four years of work to increase diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts in the federal government.

Since taking office, he’s signed a flurry of executive orders, two of which amount to crackdowns on DEI within the federal government. One overturns Joe Biden’s efforts to increase DEI programs in the federal government, while a second bans DEI measures from being taken by the federal government.

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