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Government will also eliminate references to gender identity in policy documents and will order that government issued documents including passports and visas accurately reflect one’s biological sex

Directive instructs agencies to protect intimate single sex spaces such as prisons and rape shelters by denying access to transgender women

Trump official said changes were all aimed at promoting privacy and safety of women who the official said had suffered under attempts to cater to transgender workers and students

Elements of Mr Trump’s orders were written to explicitly target education institutions rolling back actions taken during the Biden administration that extended protections under the Civil Rights Act of 1964 incoming officials told reporters on Monday

They call for ending DEI programs and termination of all discriminatory programs in government including federal employment practices

A gender identity other than the one assigned at birth reflects a fully internal and subjective sense of self and does not provide a meaningful basis for identification

Actions effectively shut down programs and practices aimed at reversing decades of systemic inequities and discriminatory practices that have disproportionately affected Black people and other underserved communities

In his Inaugural Address on Monday Mr Trump vowed to stop efforts to socially engineer race and gender into every aspect of public and private life

He acknowledged he was being inaugurated on Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday and said he would not forget he had gained support among Hispanic and Black voters in November election

We will forge a society that is colorblind and merit-based Mr Trump said

Administration will take steps to roll back federal support for racial equity and protections for transgender people

Opponents said the idea would dent the Swiss economy make it harder to attract foreign workers and harm Switzerland's relationship with the European Union.

Education Department’s Office of Civil Rights warned 60 universities about potential enforcement actions

Kristi Noem threatened to disqualify school from Student and Exchange Visitor Program

Education Department said college submitted incomplete and inaccurate disclosures of large foreign donations

Task force said it was reviewing roughly $9 billion in federal grants and contracts

Demands included ban on admitting students hostile to American values audit of political ideology and quarterly status updates

Decision was relayed to Dr Garber in a contentious letter signed by Linda McMahon

Task force combating antisemitism announced termination of grants from eight federal agencies

Trump administration wielded presidential threats onerous investigations extensive funding cuts against Harvard University