OPM asked federal agencies to compile lists of workers to consider terminating, reflecting DOGE's goals to cut the government workforce.

Employees of diversity, equity and inclusion programs are to be placed on administrative leave by 5 p.m. Wednesday. Agencies were told to make plans for layoffs.

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order mandating the end of remote work for federal employees, requiring them to return

Trump on his first day in office demoted Biden appointee Cathy Harris from her position as MSPB chair. She was replaced by Henry Kerner, who in the first Trump administration led the Office of Special Counsel and was tapped by Biden in 2023 to serve at MSPB in a designated Republican slot.

Agencies removed some webpages on diversity, and paid leave for employees who work on DEI programs was to take effect by 5 p.m. Wednesday.

Trump's executive order ends the government's DEI programs, impacting everything from anti-bias training to funding for minority homeowners.

Trump’s administration moved to end affirmative action in federal contracting and directed that all federal DEI staff be put on paid leave and eventually be laid off—the first salvo in an aggressive campaign to upend DEI efforts nationwide.

President Trump has ordered all federal DEI employees be put on paid leave by 5 p.m. Eastern on Wednesday, causing confusion for many. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes has more.