University of Virginia President Resigns Over DOJ Pressure to Scrap DEI

University of Virginia President James Ryan resigned after the Department of Justice (DOJ) pressured him to end campus DEI programs, federal officials confirmed Friday. “The United States Department of Justice has a zero-tolerance policy toward illegal discrimination in publicly funded universities,” DOJ Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon said in an email to The Epoch Times.

University of Virginia president to resign amid Trump administration DEI probe

On Friday, the fight with U.S. higher education started by America’s 47th president, Donald Trump, landed at the university founded by its third president, Thomas Jefferson.  The University of Virginia’s president, James E. Ryan, submitted his resignation Friday in an effort to resolve Trump administration demands related to a federal investigation into the school’s diversity, equity and

Judge finds Trump executive order punishing Susman Godfrey unconstitutional

Washington — A federal judge on Friday struck down President Trump’s executive order that sought to punish the law firm Susman Godfrey, ruling that it is unconstitutional and blocking the administration from enforcing it. The decision from U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan caps an unbroken streak of victories for the four major law firms that