Trump signs EO 13899 directing agencies to consider the IHRA antisemitism definition in Title VI enforcement

President Trump signed Executive Order 13899, directing all federal agencies enforcing Title VI to consider the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance working definition of antisemitism when evaluating complaints. The order was the first time a president explicitly linked antisemitism to Title VI enforcement by executive order, requiring agencies to treat anti-Jewish discrimination as vigorously as other Title VI violations. Biden continued the policy; Trump expanded it in his second term.