FTC authorizes chairman to comply with Trump’s DEI programs
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The chairman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) gave on Thursday Andrew Ferguson The authority had to comply with President Donald Trump’s executive order to cut DEI programs at federal agencies.
The move comes after Ferguson on Wednesday denounced DEI, or Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs, as “a scourge on our institutions.”
“President Trump He promised the American people that it would end. He did it in three surprising executive orders, Ferguson wrote on X. Under my leadership, the FTC is doing its part to end the DEI epidemic. We are done with DEI at the FTC. No DEI office, no DEI influence on hiring, no DEI program. It’s over.”
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FTC Commissioner Andrew Ferguson was named FTC chairman last month. (Screenshot/Federal Trade Commission/Fox News)
That same day, Ferguson launched a series of actions to clear DEI-related initiatives at the FTC. Ferguson said the commission is considering giving the federal agency the authority to comply with the president’s order because some of that would require a commission vote.
President Donald Trump On January 20, 2025, a series of executive orders were signed by the White House in Washington, DC. (Jabin Botsford/Washington Post via Getty Images/Getty Images)
On Thursday, the FTC approved it by a 2-1-2 vote, giving Chairman Ferguson the necessary authority to do so. Commissioners Rebecca K. Slough and Lena M. Kahn did not participate in the election.
The FTC is just one of many federal agencies. Cleans DEI-related programs. After President Donald Trump regained control of the White House this week.
Trump signed an executive order on Monday to eliminate all DEI programs from the federal government.
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Trump on Tuesday issued two other executive actions aimed at DEI — an executive order to end discrimination based on race and gender in workplaces and higher education under DEI coverage and a Biden administration policy that prioritized DEI hiring by the Federal Aviation Administration.
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Brooke Syngman of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.