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Tech industry tried reducing AI’s pervasive bias. Now Trump wants to end its ‘woke AI’ efforts

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Tech industry tried reducing AI’s pervasive bias. Now Trump wants to end its ‘woke AI’ efforts

freshblognews April 27, 2025

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — After retreating from their workplace diversity, equity and inclusion programs, tech companies could now...

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19 states sue Trump administration over push to end diversity programs in public schools

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19 states sue Trump administration over push to end diversity programs in public schools

freshblognews April 25, 2025

CONCORD, N.H. — Nineteen states that refused to comply with a Trump administration directive aimed at eliminating...

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Trump signs executive orders targeting colleges, plus schools’ equity efforts

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Trump signs executive orders targeting colleges, plus schools’ equity efforts

freshblognews April 24, 2025

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has ordered sharper scrutiny of America’s colleges and the accreditors that oversee...

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Trump signs executive orders targeting colleges, plus schools’ equity efforts

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Trump signs executive orders targeting colleges, plus schools’ equity efforts

freshblognews April 24, 2025

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has ordered sharper scrutiny of America’s colleges and the accreditors that oversee...

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PepsiCo agrees to meet with Al Sharpton over DEI cuts, potential boycott

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PepsiCo agrees to meet with Al Sharpton over DEI cuts, potential boycott

freshblognews April 15, 2025

Food and beverage giant PepsiCo has agreed to meet this week with civil rights advocates from the...

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Plans to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary were underway until federal cuts

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Plans to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary were underway until federal cuts

freshblognews April 14, 2025

WASHINGTON — Community celebrations being planned to commemorate the nation’s 250th anniversary next year are at risk...

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RFK Jr. wants to target chronic disease in US tribes. A key program to do that was gutted

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RFK Jr. wants to target chronic disease in US tribes. A key program to do that was gutted

freshblognews April 12, 2025

CHANDLER, Ariz. — CHANDLER, Ariz. (AP) — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spent time in tribal...

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Senate committee advances Linda McMahon as Trump’s nominee for education secretary

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Senate committee advances Linda McMahon as Trump’s nominee for education secretary

freshblognews February 20, 2025

WASHINGTON — A Senate committee voted Thursday to advance Linda McMahon’s nomination to serve as President Donald...

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Russia’s Lavrov joins top European diplomats at a G20 meeting in South Africa. Rubio is skipping it

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Russia’s Lavrov joins top European diplomats at a G20 meeting in South Africa. Rubio is skipping it

freshblognews February 20, 2025

JOHANNESBURG — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attended a meeting Thursday of the Group of 20 nations...

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Trump imposes his vision on America in departure from first-term stumbles

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Trump imposes his vision on America in departure from first-term stumbles

freshblognews February 19, 2025

WASHINGTON — Months into his first term as president, Donald Trump was furious with the snowballing Russia...

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