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The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

Trump Takes First Step Toward Closing Federal DEI Offices

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

CNN

News

3.2865 Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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President Trump begins the process of wiping out diversity, equity, and inclusion programs across the federal government. All DEI staffers are ordered on administrative leave after the deadline passed just a little while ago. Plus, as more January 6th rioters go free, sources now say the Trump White House is in talks to host some of the convicts.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Happening now, breaking news. President Trump begins the process of wiping out diversity, equity, and inclusion

0:39.7

programs across the federal government. All DEI staffers now ordered on administrative leave

0:46.6

after the deadline passed just a little while ago. Also tonight, as more January 6 rioters go free,

0:53.3

sources now say the Trump White House

0:55.9

is in talks to host some of the pardoned convicts.

0:59.8

This, as House Republicans are forming a new panel to reinvestigate the attack on the

1:04.9

U.S. Capitol, I get reaction for former January 6th House Select Committee member, Jamie

1:10.5

Raskin.

1:11.6

Plus, a very dangerous new outbreak in the Southern California wildfire disaster.

1:17.6

Residents are now under mandatory evacuation orders in northern Los Angeles County as crews battle the rapidly growing blaze.

1:25.6

Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world.

1:30.3

I'm Wolf Blitzer. You're in the Situation Room.

1:37.3

This is CNN Breaking News.

1:43.3

And we begin with breaking news on President Trump's very fast and furious moves to overhaul the federal government and make good on his MAGA agenda.

1:52.3

Employees who work to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion, taking a hit tonight, a major hit, as they are ordered all of them on administrative leave.

2:01.6

CNN's Jeff Zellon, he's over at the White House for us.

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