Inside Higher Ed

Kent Warns Accreditors Over DEI

The Department of Education has taken aim at two accreditors, warning them that diversity, equity and inclusion efforts built into their current standards are in conflict with federal law. Education ...
WPTV-TV

Florida lawmakers pass bill banning DEI initiatives in local government

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida lawmakers will send a controversial bill banning diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in local government to Gov. Ron DeSantis. SB 1134 was approved by the House on ...
Orange County Register

Mater Dei girls basketball loses in CIF regional semifinals to Centennial

SANTA ANA — Centennial made the most of its size advantage to defeat Mater Dei’s girls basketball team 60-48 in the semifinals of the CIF Southern California Division I Regional playoffs Saturday at ...
USA Today

70% of taxpayers in the US can file taxes for free. Here's how

A venerable IRS program called Free File allows 70% of taxpayers to file their taxes for free, just as the name implies. Only 2% of taxpayers used the service in 2024. That is the finding of a ...
Inside Higher Ed

ED’s DEI Guidance Is Dead, but Trump’s Crackdown Isn’t

Diversity advocates say the courts have been clear—Trump has no justification to ban DEI. But other legal experts say the administration has plenty of other tools it can use to accomplish the same ...
Wired

HHS Is Using AI Tools From Palantir to Target ‘DEI’ and ‘Gender Ideology’ in Grants

Since March 2025, the Trump administration has used tools from Palantir and the startup Credal AI to weed out “DEI” and “gender ideology" from child welfare programs. Neither Palantir nor HHS has ...
Lexington Herald Leader

KY Republican lawmaker files anti-DEI legislation for K-12 public schools

A bill filed by a Republican state senator on the first day of 2026 General Assembly attempts to ban diversity, equity and inclusion practices in Kentucky’s K-12 public schools. Senate Bill 26 filed ...
USA Today

Trump administration using fraud law to target major companies on DEI

The Trump administration is investigating diversity initiatives at major companies under the False Claims Act, a federal law the Department of Justice uses to take action against contractors that ...
Wall Street Journal

Justice Department Using Fraud Law to Target Companies on DEI

At the WSJ Leadership Institute’s Board of Directors Council Summit in November, Ellen Kullman, board director for Amgen, Carbon, and Goldman Sachs, weighed in on the balance between stakeholders and ...
Black Enterprise

Wait, What? Florida Files $100 Billion Lawsuit Against Starbucks Over DEI Policy

Florida has filed a renewed lawsuit alleging that Starbucks’ DEI practices discriminate against non-Black employees. Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is suing Starbucks for $100 billion, ...
The Hill

Here’s how to see the Epstein files released Friday

The Justice Department released a portion of the Jeffrey Epstein files to meet the Friday deadline established in a congressional bill with a series of downloadable files related to the convicted sex ...