Trump Bans DEI Training for 2 Million Federal Employees

President Trump signed an executive order on Inauguration Day prohibiting diversity, equity, and inclusion training and programming for all civilian federal employees across the executive branch, affecting approximately 2 million workers. The order directed all federal agencies to terminate DEI offices, remove DEI-related content from official communications, and place DEI staff on administrative leave pending termination. Agency heads were required to report compliance within 60 days.