Trump administration asks federal agencies to terminate diversity roles


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  • Saturday, 25 Jan 2025

FILE PHOTO: Demonstrators for and against the U.S. Supreme Court decision to strike down race-conscious student admissions programs at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina confront each other, in Washington, U.S., June 29, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's administration asked U.S. federal agencies on Friday to terminate roles and offices related to diversity, equity and inclusion programs, a memo circulated by the Office of Personnel Management showed.

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