Steve Thompson PhD<p>Federal judge halts parts of Trump’s anti-DEI executive orders that require contractors and grant recipients to certify compliance</p><p><a href="https://fortune.com/2025/03/28/federal-judge-halts-parts-of-trumps-anti-dei-executive-orders/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fortune.com/2025/03/28/federal</span><span class="invisible">-judge-halts-parts-of-trumps-anti-dei-executive-orders/</span></a></p><p>Judge Matthew Kennelly of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois halted the Labor Department from requiring federal contractors or grant recipients from certifying that they don’t operate any programs in violation of Trump’s anti-DEI executive orders.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NEA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/grants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grants</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>press</span></a></p>