{"id":50685,"date":"2026-04-03T21:14:43","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T21:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ternalnews.info\/?p=50685"},"modified":"2026-04-03T21:14:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T21:14:43","slug":"trump-signs-order-to-ban-dei-practices-in-federal-contracts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ternalnews.info\/?p=50685","title":{"rendered":"Trump Signs Order To Ban DEI Practices In Federal Contracts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Trump\u2019s newest executive order on federal contracting marks one of his most sweeping attempts yet to redefine how the government does business. By targeting diversity, equity, and inclusion policies as \u201cracially discriminatory,\u201d he is forcing every major contractor to choose between long-standing corporate DEI frameworks and access to federal money. Agencies are being told to cancel or suspend contracts, rewrite procurement rules, and fast-track civil rights complaints tied to these practices. For companies that built entire compliance structures around DEI, the financial and legal stakes are immediate and enormous.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\"><\/div>\n<p>At the same time, Trump is opening a second front in higher education, warning that name, image, and likeness payments could collapse the college system that feeds America\u2019s sports and Olympic pipelines. His promised \u201call-encompassing\u201d executive order on NIL is designed not just to pressure Congress, but to drag the courts back into a fight that had seemed settled. Together, these moves reveal a presidency leaning fully on executive power\u2014willing to gamble on lawsuits, economic disruption, and institutional upheaval to impose a new definition of fairness, merit, and amateurism on two of the country\u2019s most sensitive battlegrounds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump\u2019s newest executive order on federal contracting marks one of his most sweeping attempts yet to redefine how the government does business. 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