Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When the Heritage Foundation think tank drew up an expansive presidential transition plan in anticipation of Donald Trump's return ...

On June 30, 2026, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) announced it had rescinded two longstanding policy documents concerning voluntary affirmative action under Title VII of the ...

The Justice Department is invoking a landmark civil rights law as it walks back a lawsuit seeking to dismantle a state's affirmative action hiring policy. In a memorandum filed on Tuesday, the DOJ ...

Responding to an executive order President Donald Trump signed a year ago aimed at ending so-called diversity, equity and inclusion practices across government, Louisiana has removed an affirmative ...

At first glance, the U.S. Department of Justice’s lawsuit aimed at Minnesota laws and regulations that impose affirmative action obligations on state government agencies seems narrow in scope. But it ...

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit against the State of Minnesota challenging its affirmative action hiring program. It alleges that Minnesota’s requirement to consider race, sex and ...

When the Heritage Foundation think tank drew up an expansive presidential transition plan in anticipation of Donald Trump’s return to power, one of its chief policy goals was eliminating affirmative ...

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