Court Keeps Trump DEI Ban Moving, Rebuffs Legal Challenge

A federal appeals court in Richmond’s 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a bid to block President Trump’s executive orders to end DEI programs at federal agencies and government contractors, overturning a district injunction. The panel said the challenge could be addressed by how agencies apply the orders to grant recipients rather than striking them down, effectively allowing enforcement to continue. Plaintiffs Baltimore, the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education, and the AAUP are reviewing the ruling; the White House did not immediately comment.