Trump Admin Orders All Federal DEI Office Staff to be on Paid Leave

All federal employees in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) offices will need to be placed on paid administrative leave "effective immediately," according to a memo from the Trump Administration on Tuesday.

Why It Matters

In a sweeping move after his inauguration on Monday, President Donald Trump rescinded numerous Biden-era executive orders and implemented many of his own. Amid the new orders, Trump ordered what he called the "Ending Radical And Wasteful Government DEI Programs And Preferencing."

In a memo sent to the acting heads of government DEIA offices on Tuesday, which was first obtained by CBS News and then confirmed by Trump's Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on X, formerly Twitter, the Trump Administration laid out the steps to inform DEIA office employees of the upcoming changes.

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