US Federal Employees in Diversity Offices to be on Paid Leave

On Tuesday, the White House announced that US federal employees working in diversity offices will be put on paid leave by Wednesday evening.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on X that the new administration of Donald Trump has ordered the programs shut. 

US Office of Personnel Management memo posted on X: "Send a notification to all employees of DEIA (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility) offices that they are being placed on paid administrative leave effective immediately as the agency takes steps to close/end all DEIA initiatives, offices and program."

The memo directed all department and agency heads to send workers notice by 5:00 pm Wednesday.

This step came 24 hours after Trump signed several executive orders, and one of them was related to DEI policies. 

He believed that these programs discriminated against white people, men in particular.

"The Biden Administration forced illegal and immoral discrimination programs, going by the name 'diversity, equity, and inclusion' (DEI), into virtually all aspects of the Federal Government, in areas ranging from airline safety to the military," said one executive order ending such programs.