Employees in any federal diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility offices will be placed on paid administrative leave “effective immediately,” according to a post from White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt.

In a significant and controversial move, the White House website underwent a makeover on Inauguration Day, resulting in the removal of numerous pages dedicated to LGBTQ rights and related issues. Among the deleted content are vital resources such as the White House’s equity report,

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As Donald Trump returns to the White House on January 20, Republicans will have a majority in the Senate. This means that his Cabinet nominees will likely face an easier path to confirmation, even for those who may have surrounded themselves with controversies.

Various pages about LGBTQ rights and lives in the U.S. have been wiped from the official White House site, LGBTQ media advocacy organization GLAAD has reported.

The economy added 256,000 job in December, the Labor Department reported on Friday. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the Biden-Harris administration was the only administration to gain jobs every month. "We had zero months with job losses.

The administration announced it would penalize its largest-ever batch of companies linked to Xinjiang, including major suppliers of critical minerals and textiles.

President Woodrow Wilson facilitated the segregation of a diverse federal workforce, where Black and White professionals had been working together for years.

The rebranding of a former White House digital office into the new Department of Government Efficiency signals its potential limits, budget experts said.

Fear of increased ICE raids have already negatively affected the nation’s agricultural sector, causing alarm that food prices could skyrocket in the near future as a result of Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration policies.

President Donald Trump is picking from his most loyal supporters as he creates his Cabinet and appoints others to key roles within his administration.

Trump's executive orders signed during his first week in office cover issues that range from trade, immigration and U.S. foreign aid to demographic diversity, civil rights and the hiring of federal workers.