Employees in any federal diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility offices will be placed on paid administrative leave “effective immediately,” according to a post from White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt.

The Trump administration’s Office of Personnel Management announced that all diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility offices in the federal government will be shuttered. Charles Ezell, the acting director of the Office of Personnel Management,

The move is one of many executive actions focused on the federal workforce enacted since Trump took office Monday afternoon. His other actions addressed DEI hiring more broadly, froze hiring in most executive agencies and directed a return to in-person work for many federal employees, among other directives.

President Trump sits down at the Oval Office on day one of his presidency and signs executive orders to secure the southern border.

President Donald Trump is spending his first full day back in the White House meeting with congressional leaders, announcing an investment in artificial intelligence infrastructure and demonstrating o