Trump Ignoring Judge’s Anti-DEI Order Pause, Challengers Say (1)

The Trump administration is threatening funding for federal grantees who don’t comply with anti-DEI executive orders, defying a federal court order that partially blocked enforcement of the president’s directives, a group of challengers said.

Federal agencies have notified grant recipients that their funding is contingent on them certifying they don’t operate diversity, equity, and inclusion programs that violate federal anti-discrimination laws, according to a March 13 filing to the US District Court for the District of Maryland from groups suing over the executive orders. They contended these notices run afoul of the injunction Judge Adam B. Abelson issued on Feb. ...