The Trump administration is ordering all federal employees in diversity, equity and inclusion roles placed on paid leave by Wednesday evening, according to a new memo from the Office of Personnel Management.

President Trump campaigned on ending the scourge of DEI from our federal government and returning America to a merit based society where people are hired based on their skills,

Trump on his first day in office demoted Biden appointee Cathy Harris from her position as MSPB chair. She was replaced by Henry Kerner, who in the first Trump administration led the Office of Special Counsel and was tapped by Biden in 2023 to serve at MSPB in a designated Republican slot.

The Trump administration has directed all federal diversity, equity and inclusion employees to go on paid leave as part of an executive order to close DEI offices.

President Donald Trump’s administration is directing that all federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff be put on paid leave, and that agencies develop plans to lay them off.

Federal employees in DEI roles will be placed on leave by 5 p.m. Wednesday, according to an OPM memo, following President Trump's executive order.

The Trump administration has ordered that all federal employees in diversity, equity and inclusion roles be placed on paid leave by Wednesday evening and eventually be laid off

White House instructs all government departments and agencies in the executive branch to end remote work arrangements.

Some federal departments have more than half their staff working remotely—meaning Trump's new executive order is a problem.

President Donald Trump has ordered federal workers to return to the office five days a week and weakened job protections for civil servants, the first salvoes in his campaign to gut the federal bureaucracy.

President Donald Trump issued an executive order Monday that could effectively ban federal workers from working remotely. Newsweek reached out to the White House for comment via email on Monday night.