President Trump named Andrea R. Lucas as acting chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, who vowed to root out "unlawful DEI- motivated race and sex discrimination."

Employees of diversity, equity and inclusion programs are to be placed on administrative leave by 5 p.m. Wednesday. Agencies were told to make plans for layoffs.

Trump's executive order ends the government's DEI programs, impacting everything from anti-bias training to funding for minority homeowners.

Trump’s administration moved to end affirmative action in federal contracting and directed that all federal DEI staff be put on paid leave and eventually be laid off—the first salvo in an aggressive campaign to upend DEI efforts nationwide.