New President Orders Fires of Anti-Discrimination Staff, Shuts Down Offices That Promote Diversity and Environmental Justice
The Trump administration makes its first anti-abortion move on the world stage. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has instructed the US mission to notify all countries of their intention to rejoin the so-called "Geneva Consensus Declaration" . This is a global anti-abortion pact launched by the tycoon in his first term and sponsored by six countries (United States, Brazil, Egypt, Hungary, Indonesia and Uganda). An initiative from which Joe Biden had withdrawn.
Trump orders firing of anti-discrimination staff
The Trump administration on Friday ordered federal agencies to close all offices that promote diversity and environmental justice and to fire employees who work there, already on forced leave, within two months. The large-scale firing of federal workers charged with combating discrimination within the state apparatus came on the fifth day of Donald Trump's second term.
Trump's Plan Against Minorities and Diversity in Government
This is a further step forward after the decision taken on Wednesday to place on forced leave all federal administration employees involved in Deia (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility) programs. Now, federal agencies "can and should" begin the process of firing these workers. The term Deia refers to efforts to recruit people from racial or sexual minorities, and thwarting them has become a target of the American far right. The note also includes the concept of environmental justice. This expression corresponds to "fair treatment and real involvement of all, regardless of income, race, color, national origin, tribal affiliation or disability" in decision-making within the federal government. On his first day in office, Trump also promised to eliminate policies in favor of transgender people, saying that the United States will only recognize "two sexes, male and female."
US Senate Confirms Hegseth as Pentagon Chief
The United States Senate has narrowly confirmed the nomination of Pete Hegseth as the new Trump administration's defense secretary, despite opposition from the entire Democratic camp and three Republican senators. The nomination of the 44-year-old former Army major and Fox News host to the Pentagon had been fiercely contested on the left. Three Republican senators (Susan Collins, Mitch McConnell and Lisa Murkowski) voted against Hegseth, in a 50-50 tie that required, for the second time ever, a deciding vote for a Cabinet nominee by a sitting vice president.
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