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Trump’s DOJ says it’s now investigating MLB over Pride Night and Bible verse controversy

Harmeet Dhillon, assistant attorney general for Civil Rights at the Justice Department, said the probe was part of the Trump administration's ‘commitment to combatting religious discrimination’

The Independent UK

The EEOC chair knows gutting diversity reporting will blind the agency to discrimination. She's doing it anyway.

In April, Andrea Lucas told Harvard students that demographic data collection is sometimes necessary. A month later, her agency proposed to stop the reports.

Fortune

A CEO fired all of HR, and the EEOC is suing the NYT

Bolt CEO Ryan Breslow and EEOC chair Andrea Lucas took the stage at the Fortune Workplace Innovation Summit with polarizing positions.

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Trump's EEOC chair is suing The New York Times because 'we should bring it on behalf of white workers too'

"I think it's important for us to bring cases on behalf of the full rainbow of workers that come before us," Andrea Lucas told Fortune.

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US rights agency sues New York Times for discriminating against white man passed over for promotion

A federal civil rights agency filed a discrimination lawsuit Tuesday against the New York Times, claiming that the new organization passed over a white male employee for a promotion in favor of a lesser qualified woman to meet its diversity goals

The Independent UK

The Trump Administration Sues the New York Times for Allegedly Denying White Man Promotion Because of Race and Sex

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued The New York Times on Tuesday, accusing the newspaper of violating federal civil rights law by denying a promotion to a White male editor while allegedly relying on diversity, equity and inclusion goals in its hiring process.

Latin Times

Trump Admin Intensifies DEI Crackdown, Citing Bias Against White Men and Christians: 'You Can't Do Half a Revolution'

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has reportedly warned Fortune 500 companies it is actively investigating potential discrimination linked to DEI programs

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FCC claims its review of ABC licenses has nothing to do with Jimmy Kimmel and is all about DEI

ABC has been under pressure after Kimmel joked that Melania Trump had the glow of an ‘expectant widow’ days before a gunman attempted to storm the White House Correspondents’ Dinner

The Independent UK

Trump takes on his beloved Coca-Cola as his administration sues soda distributor for women-only retreat

Distributor of the president’s favorite soda is accused of harming male employees by excluding them from a women’s-only event

The Independent UK

Civil Rights agency rules against transgender Army worker who asked to use women's bathroom

A U.S. civil rights agency has determined that the federal government can bar transgender employees from using bathrooms aligned with their gender identity, dismissing an appeal from a transgender woman who worked for the U.S. Army

The Independent UK

Coca-Cola company sued for excluding male employees from Women’s Forum event

The agency says the male workers suffered not only financial losses but ‘emotional pain, suffering, inconvenience, mental anguish’

The Independent UK

White men file workplace discrimination claims but are less likely to face inequity than other groups

In December 2025, Andrea Lucas, the chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, invited white men to file more sex- and race-based discrimination complaints against their employers.

The Conversation

Is Nike anti-white? Trump civil rights chief subpoenas sports giant

The EEOC is seeking court-enforced access to Nike's records as the Trump administration ramps up its crackdown on corporate diversity programmes.

Euronews

Donald Trump says white Americans were the real victims of Civil Rights era protections

So, the president says Civil RIghts are unfair.

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The Independent UK

Trump blasts civil rights protections and says it resulted in white people being treated ‘very badly’

Trump’s remarks follow his administration’s rapid dismantling of diversity, equity and inclusion offices

The Independent UK

Trump’s equal opportunity agency wants to talk to white men about discrimination they have faced

Former workplace civil rights officials say Andrea Lucas falsely suggests white men in particular face egregious discrimination

The Independent UK

Head of workplace rights agency urges white men to report discrimination

The head of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has urged white men to report workplace discrimination based on race or sex

The Independent UK

Trump taps DEI critic to lead workplace civil rights agency

President Donald Trump has appointed Andrea Lucas as chair of the nation's top workplace civil rights agency

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The Independent UK

Transgender federal employees say they face fear and discrimination under Trump

The Trump administration since January has moved to reverse years of legal and policy gains for transgender Americans, from stripping government websites of “gender ideology” to reinstituting a ban on transgender service members in the military

Marie Claire

She Was Fired for Defying Trump—But She's Coming Back Swinging

Judge Karen Ortiz resisted an anti-trans directive under Trump—and paid the price. Now she’s taking on the agency that fired her.

The Independent UK

Federal agency shifts stance on transgender discrimination complaints, but hurdles remain

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has decided to allow some transgender discrimination complaints to move forward

Roll Call

Anthony D’Esposito looks to go from cop to congressman to inspector general - Roll Call

A familiar face returned to the Hill on Wednesday, as ex-Rep. Anthony D’Esposito faced a Senate panel as nominee for Labor inspector general.

The Independent UK

Civil rights agency's acting chief to face questions on anti-DEI, transgender stances

The acting chief of the country’s top agency for enforcing worker rights will face questions at a Senate committee hearing Wednesday over her efforts to prioritize anti-diversity investigations while sidelining certain racial and gender discrimination cases and quashing protections for transgender workers

The Guardian - US

Acting head of US employment rights agency failing to protect trans and nonbinary workers, Democrats say

Letter alleges that Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ‘abdicated responsibility under the law’

The Independent UK

Government moves to drop Sheetz discrimination case as Trump targets key civil rights tool

Federal authorities are moving to drop a racial discrimination lawsuit against the Sheetz convenience store chain, part of a broader effort by the Trump administration to halt the use of a key tool for enforcing the country’s civil rights laws

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