Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Rahm.

CPAC, the conservative political action conference, is wrapping up its annual meeting today at a hotel outside Washington, D.C.

Attendees heard a short time ago from President Trump, who says Republicans are united.

You know, in theory, the one that wins the presidency does not do well in the midterms,

but I think this is going to be a change. We're at a level. I don't think we've been at this level

maybe ever as the Republican Party. We're a bigger, better, stronger party than ever before.

Trump has fired the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Air Force General Charles Q. Brown was the second

black officer in that job. Trump is also replacing Lisa Frangetti, Chief of Naval Operations.

She was the second woman to be promoted to four-star Admiral. The Pentagon has also announced

its freezing hiring next week and firing 5,400 probationary workers.

A judge has blocked President Trump's executive order seeking to remove DEI programs from the federal

government. A judge ruled that some of the proposed actions violate the Constitution.

NPR's Aya Archie has more.

Shortly after taking office, the president signed an executive order that shuttered diversity,

equity, and inclusion programs in the federal government and placed those employees on paid leave.

A federal judge in Baltimore found that some of the stipulations in the executive order breached

the right to free speech.

The judge also said that the Trump administration is temporarily

barred from changing or ending government contracts that have equity goals. The motion was granted

after being filed by the mayor of Baltimore and organizations representing the education and restaurant

sectors. Iana Archie, NPR News. The acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been removed from

his post. As NPR's Joel Rose reports, the shake-up at ICE comes as frustrations grow in the Trump

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