Trump's federal DEI purge puts hundreds on leave, nixes $420M in contracts

Each agency, department, or commission head shall take action to terminate, to the maximum extent allowed by law, all DEI, DEIA, and 'environmental justice' offices and positions within 60 days,

said a memo from the US Office of Personnel Manage-ment, referring to jobs aimed at boosting "diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility."

Trump version 1.0 was bad,

said the EPA employee

The only reason you would do that is that he’s going to fire them all,

said Alan Lescht, a Washington-based employment lawyer who represents federal workers

I would love to leave, but I don’t know where I’d go, and I am terrified of not being able to pay rent and not having healthcare,

one State staffer said

Most of us are watching cautiously and letting the dust settle,

said an employee at the U.S. Agency for International Development