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From erasing the stories of Navajo “code talkers” on the Pentagon website to demolishing a “Black Lives Matter” mural in Washington, President Donald Trump’s assault on diversity across the United States government is dismantling decades of racial justice programs. Delivering on a campaign promise, the Republican billionaire made it one of his first acts in office to terminate all federal government diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs, which he said led to “illegal and immoral discrimination.” The crackdown on DEI initiatives at the Pentagon has been broad, ranging from a ban on recruiting transgender troops — a move stayed by a court this week — to removing vast troves of documents and images from its website. Earlier this month, Civil War historian Kevin M. Levin reported that Arlington National Cemetery had begun to wipe its website of the histories of Black, Hispanic and women war veterans. “It’s a sad day when our own military is forced to turn its back on sharing the stories of the brave men and women, who have served this country with honor,” Levin wrote on his Substack. “This insanity must stop.” – ‘Woke cultural Marxism’ – References to war heroes, military firsts, and even notable African Americans were among the swathe of images and articles marked for deletion, according to a database obtained by the Associated Press. Among the more than 26,000 items marked to be removed were references to the Enola Gay, the US aircraft that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, in 1945 — apparently because the plane’s name triggered a digital search for word associated with LGBT inclusion. Other content removed by the Pentagon included stories on the Tuskegee Airmen, who were the first African American military aviators, and baseball legend and veteran Jackie Robinson. Responding to a question on those and other removals, the Pentagon on Wednesday said it saluted the individuals, but refused to see “them through the prism of immutable characteristics.” “(DEI) is a form of Woke cultural Marxism that Divides the force, Erodes unit cohesion and Interferes with the services’ core warfighting mission,” said Pentagon Press Secretary John Ullyot. He added that in “rare cases” that content was removed that should not have been, it would be restored — as was the case with the articles on Robinson and on Navajo “code talkers” — but defiantly stood by the purge as a whole. – ‘Erase history’ – Not everyone has been convinced by the Pentagon’s explanations around the purge. Descendants of the Native Americans who played a vital role for US forces in World War II said they had been shocked to discover their ancestors’ heroic contributions had been effectively deleted from the public record. “I definitely see it as an attempt to erase the history of people of color in general,” said Zonnie Gorman, daughter of military veteran Carl Gorman. Carl Gorman was one of the young Navajo “code talkers” recruited by the US Navy in 1942 to test the use of their Indigenous language, whose complex structure made it an almost impossible-to-crack wartime code. Several web pages detailing the role of the group, whose contribution was key to the United States’ victories in the Pacific between 1942 and 1945 in battles such as Iwo Jima, recently disappeared from the Pentagon’s site. For Gorman, a historian, the action was an insult. “From the very beginning, we are very invisible in this country, and so to have a story that was so well recognized for us as Indigenous people, that felt good,” she told AFP. “And then this is like a slap in the face.” – Chilling effect – The US president’s move to end DEI programs has also affected more than just the federal government. Since he won last year’s election, several major US corporations — including Google, Meta, Amazon and McDonalds — have either entirely scrapped or dramatically scaled back their DEI programs. According to the New York Times, the number of companies on the S&P 500 that used the words “diversity, equity and inclusion” in company filings had fallen nearly 60 percent compared to 2024. The American Civil Liberties Union says Trump’s policies have taken a “‘shock and awe’ approach that upends longstanding, bipartisan federal policy meant to open doors that had been unfairly closed.” US federal anti-discrimination programs were born of the 1960s civil rights struggle, mainly led by Black Americans, for equality and justice after hundreds of years of slavery, whose abolition in 1865 saw other institutional forms of racism enforced. Today, Black Americans and other minorities continue to disproportionately face police violence, incarceration, poverty, homelessness and hate crimes, according to official data. - Jamaica Observer

Jamaica Observer 20 Mar 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) \u2014 From erasing the stories of Navajo .
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Overview of federal budgetary and financial data up to and including February 2025 (Ministry of Finance of the Federal Republic of Germany)

Public Technologies 20 Mar 2025
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President’s update: Federal Council, Medical Costs Finder, Medicare, AMA25 and our calls for sweeteners in the federal budget (AMA - Australian Medical Association Ltd)

Public Technologies 20 Mar 2025
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Federal Reserve Board issues enforcement actions with Frankewing Bancshares, Inc. and Bank of Hawaii (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System)

Public Technologies 20 Mar 2025
The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the execution of the enforcement actions listed below. ... Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System ...
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FMCS Statement on the Executive Order "Continuing the Reduction of The Federal Bureaucracy"

Fort Wayne Journal Gazette 20 Mar 2025
WASHINGTON, March 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Federal ...
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The Federal Reserve’s latest projections point to the prospect that President Trump’s tariffs will send ...

Wall Street Journal 20 Mar 2025
Not long ago, Fed officials presumed that 2025 would simply be about getting to the soft landing ... .
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The Federal Reserve Cuts GDP Projections As Inflation Stays Too High

Forbes 20 Mar 2025
After months of talk about a soft landing for the economy, the reality of new government policies over fiscal and international relations issues is taking hold ... .
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Kids stay in foster care longer than the federal standard in most Missouri counties

Marietta Daily Journal 20 Mar 2025
Only 12 of Missouri’s 114 counties met the federal standard every month between July and September last year ... .
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Trump Fires Both Democrat FTC Commissioners: 'Major Implications' for the Federal Reserve

Breitbart 20 Mar 2025
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Former journalist Evan Solomon to run for the federal Liberals in next election: source

CTV 20 Mar 2025
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“Sham” halfway between a painful past and a fresh start – Foreign Minister Baerbock travels to Damascus again (Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany)

Public Technologies 20 Mar 2025
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Federal Workforce: OPM Needs to Take Additional Actions to Improve the Federal Early Career Talent Pipeline (GAO - Government Accountability Office)

Public Technologies 20 Mar 2025
Pathways Programs (Pathways) can provide an early career pipeline for students and recent graduates to the federal government. According to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Pathways are the ...
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CPSC Warns Consumers to Immediately Stop Using 12-Inch Elitespace Hybrid Mattresses Due to Risk of Serious Injury or Death from Fire Hazard; Violations of the Federal Flammability Regulations for Mattresses; Sold on Amazon.com

PR Newswire 20 Mar 2025
The mattresses pose a fire hazard in violation of federal flammability regulations and a risk of serious injury or death ... CPSC tested the 12-inch Full Hybrid Mattress and determined that they are a ...
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President Trump says the Federal Reserve should cut rates soon

Cryptopolitan 20 Mar 2025
President Donald Trump wants the Federal Reserve to act fast and lower interest rates, warning that U.S ... Stock markets moved after the Federal Reserve confirmed it still plans to cut rates later this year.
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In most Missouri counties, kids stay in foster care longer than the federal standard

Columbia Daily Tribune 20 Mar 2025
In most Missouri counties, children linger in foster care longer than the federal standard, according to data compiled by the state social services agency ... The federal rate was 4.48.

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