Federal agencies have been directed to compile a list of DEI offices and workers and develop a reduction-in-force plan against those federal workers.

Agencies removed some webpages on diversity, and paid leave for employees who work on DEI programs was to take effect by 5 p.m. Wednesday.

The Trump administration is planning to lay off all federal employees who worked in a diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility office as of this past Election Day and has instructed agencies to immediately place such workers on paid administrative leave.

President Trump is taking a broad approach to root out what his administration considers harmful diversity initiatives going back decades to the dawn

In one section, the order encourages the private sector to "end illegal DEI discrimination and preferences." It added that "the heads of all agencies, with the assistance of the A

Incoming President Donald Trump will issue an executive order that would dismantle all diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives within the federal government.

In one of his first moves to crack down on "woke," President Trump used his executive power on Inauguration Day to end DEI in the federal government.

The Trump administration on Tuesday instructed U.S. federal government departments and agencies to dismantle all diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs, advising employees of such programs that they would be immediately placed on paid leave.