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.

In the hours after his inauguration, Donald Trump signed executive actions to curb immigration and roll back environmental regulations and race and gender diversity initiatives.

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The president launched new efforts to wipe out DEI and affirmative action programs from the federal government.

The orders signed at the White House included a directive to end birthright citizenship, a move sure to spark a constitutional fight over the 14th Amendment.