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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Thursday granted the president Andrew Ferguson the authority had to comply with President Donald Trump’s executive orders scaling back DEI programs at federal agencies.
The move comes after Ferguson on Wednesday denounced DEI, or diversity, equity and inclusion, programs as “a blight on our institutions.”
“President Trump promised the American people he would put an end to it. He has done so in three extraordinary executive orders,” Ferguson wrote on X. “Under my leadership, the FTC is doing its part to end the DEI scourge. We are done with DEI at the FTC. No DEI office, no DEI influence on hiring, no DEI programming. It’s over.”
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FTC Commissioner Andrew Ferguson was named chairman of the FTC last month. (Screenshot/Federal Trade Commission/Fox News)
That same day, Ferguson outlined a series of actions aimed at purging the FTC of DEI-related initiatives within the FTC. Since some of them would require the commission’s votes to end, Ferguson said the commission would consider a motion to grant him the authority to bring the federal agency into compliance with the president’s orders.
President Donald Trump signs a series of executive orders at the White House January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images/Getty Images)
On Thursday, the FTC approved the motion by a vote of 2-1-2, giving Chairman Ferguson the authority to do just that. Commissioners Rebecca K. Slaughter and Lina M. Khan did not participate in the vote.
The FTC is just one of many federal agencies purged from DEI-related programs after President Donald Trump took back the White House this week.
Trump signed an executive order Monday to eliminate all federal government DEI programs.
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U.S. President Donald Trump delivers his inaugural address after being sworn in as the 47th President of the United States in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. (CHIP SOMODEVILLA/PISCINE/AFP via Getty Images / Getty Images)
Trump issued two more executive actions targeting DEI on Tuesday: an executive order to end discrimination in the workplace and in higher education through race- and gender-based preferences under the guise of DEI and a memo aimed at eliminating a Biden administration policy that prioritized DEI hiring at the Federal Aviation Administration.
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Brooke Singman of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.
