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Welcome to the Fox News Politics newsletter, with the latest updates on the Trump administration, Capitol Hill and more Fox News politics content.Here's what's happening-From floppy disks to flight delays: Top lawmaker warns US air system is due for a reboot-North Korea launches short-range ballistic missiles into sea, South Korea says-Travelers weigh in on REAL ID rollout after 2005 law finally takes effect: I think it's important'President Donald Trump congratulated the new Pope Leo XIV after he was selected Thursday, noting it is "a great honor" for the United States that an American-born Cardinal was selected to be Francis' successor."Congratulations to Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, who was just named Pope. It is such an honor to realize that he is the first American Pope," Trump said on his Truth Social platform shortly after white smoke emerged from the Vatican indicating the conclave had come to a decision on who will lead the Catholic Church."It is such an honor to realize that he is the first American Pope. What excitement, and what a Great Honor for our Country. I look forward to meeting Pope Leo XIV. It will be a very meaningful moment!"READ MOREBIDEN'S LEGACY: Biden hires veteran Democrat communicator as former president aims to defend tarnished reputationRUBI-ALL: Marco Rubio went from rival to Trump's point man, but can he handle it?DENIED: Federal judge blocks Trump admin from dismantling 3 agenciesRED DAWN: Xi stands with Putin against international bullying amid Trump trade warSECRET FACILITY: Satellite images reveal alleged secret Iranian nuclear weapons facilityVIGILANCE NEEDED: Trump halts military strikes on Houthis,, but expert warns Iran-backed terrorist group remains major threatBIG GULF: House votes to make Trump Gulf of America name change permanentRIGHT FLANK DEFENSE: Senator says Dems 'eat their own' as Fetterman faces renewed scrutinyPURSE POWER: Conservative firebrand torches blue state immigration policies amid major lawsuit'DON'T UNDERESTIMATE HER': AOCs constituents weigh in on prez run, remind GOP of shock Joe Crowley defeatBORDER CRACKDOWN: Illegal immigrant murderers could face death penalty under new GOP bill'WALK IN THE PARK': REAL ID deadline comes and goes airports report business as usualNOT LAWFUL: Deportation flights to Libya would violate court order without prior notice, federal judge saysGANG ARRESTS: Suspected Tren de Aragua member among 5 arrested in human smuggling bust: Texas sheriffGet the latest updates on the Trump administration and Congress, exclusive interviews and more on FoxNews.com.

An analysis of the Trump administration's efforts to end diversity, equity and inclusion throughout the federal government during the president's first 100 days in office revealed that nearly 750 DEI employees have been placed on leave or fired for a savings of more than $2 billion.The analysis provided by the White House showed that the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Education and the Department of Labor saw some of the biggest savings. The trio of agencies fired or placed on leave 256 DEI employees, saving taxpayers over $1.3 billion, the analysis noted.Overall, the Trump administration let go of 745 employees working in DEI offices or on DEI-related programs throughout the government and saved taxpayers roughly $2.33 billion."President Trump ordered the end of radical and racist DEI propaganda in government, and the administration is swiftly enacting the president's order," White House principal deputy communications director Alex Pfeiffer told Fox News Digital. "Common sense has returned to government."NEW SHERIFF IN TOWN: STATE FINANCE LEADER RALLIES AROUND KEY TRUMP VICTORY SAVING TAXPAYER DOLLARSIn addition to savings and staff cuts, the White House's analysis highlighted the various grants that were slashed and other changes made as a result of the Trump administration's efforts to rid the federal government of DEI.Those programs included race-based grants or quota programs at multiple agencies and race-based promotion commitments. Multimillion-dollar grants for DEI training and DEI-focused activist groups were also among the cuts at most agencies.At the State Department, a $5 million grant to "strengthen organizational capacity leadership and impact for mid-sized autonomous intersex and trans human rights organizations" was cut. The Department of Agriculture (USDA) saved $1.7 million by eliminating four years of DEI staff training on topics ranging from "microaggressions" to "identifying and preventing racism in your marketing.""You must accept what has happened and what you have done," a narrator of one of the LinkedIn training sessions funded through these grants stated. "If you cant accept what the marketplace is telling you, that this piece of content is sexist, racist, homophobic you cant move forward as a leader." DEI IS DEAD. HERE'S WHAT SHOULD COME NEXTOther USDA grants, according to the White House's analysis, spent money on staff training aimed at "cultivat[ing] an Eye for Inequity," while Trump administration staff also found "DEI Bingo" cards left over from the Biden administration. The bingo cards included spaces to be checked off, like, "I know what the I in LGBTQIA+ means" and "I have pronouns in my signature line."USDA also dispersed race-based grants, such as money for "LATINX Growers" and "Black Women's Regenerative Farming," according to the White House analysis. The analysis also indicated that the USDA spent $600,000 on research into the menstruation of biological males and $361,000 to support queer and trans farmers.Similar DEI-related materials were found at the Department of Education, including a white board with bullet points about race-centric priorities. Below the heading "Projects" was a bullet point that said "Black male resource doc," while "Goals of the Week" included "Tighten up Black Ed Roundtable" and "PAC pictures." Another box on the whiteboard said, "Black male political appointees."The Education Department under President Donald Trump has also slashed grants promoting racial hiring quotas and numerous teacher training sessions on topics like resisting "settler patriarchy" and how America's education system is one of the "settler-colonial realities."DEFUNDING DEI: HERE'S HOW THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS UNDONE BIDEN'S VERY PRIZED PROGRAMSAccording to the administration's analysis of its DEI cuts, almost 100 antisemitic incidents were left unresolved by the former Biden-Harris administration's Office of Civil Rights within the Education Department. According to the analysis, staffers in the Education Department's Office of Civil Rights were also told by the last administration to "sit on" a civil rights complaint against transgender swimmer Lia Thomas.The Biden administration also reportedly neglected Freedom of Information Act requests about its DEI efforts. The White House's analysis recorded as many as 4,000 outstanding requests sent to the Department of Labor, which, under President Joe Biden, promoted DEI-based hiring and mandatory training programs for staff.The Health and Human Services Department also saw steep cuts to DEI programs during Trump's first 100 days.At the National Institutes of Health alone, over $350 million in DEI projects were slashed, including grants for studying "multilevel and multidimensional structural racism" and "gender-affirming hormone therapy in mice," among others.WOKE HOSPITAL COULD BE IN CROSSHAIRS OF TRUMP ADMIN AFTER SCATHING COMPLAINT ALLEGES DEI DISCRIMINATIONIn addition to all the cuts, the Trump administration has taken steps to rectify the Biden administration's DEI focus. It ended DEI-related training courses within the DOT online learning management system and disabled an internal email feature at the Department of Transportation that let users list their pronouns. The administration did the same with other pronoun policies at other agencies.The administration has also taken proactive steps at other agencies, such as removing DEI criteria from more than 2,900 supervisory performance standards at the Energy Department. At the Department of Interior, the agency's "DEIA Council" was terminated. It had a stated purpose of embedding diversity, equity and inclusion principles into "everything" the agency does.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPTrump's crusade against DEI began on the first day of his second presidency with an executive order, "Ending Radical And Wasteful Government DEI Programs And Preferencing." In the order, President Trump accused the Biden administration of forcing "illegal and immoral" DEI programs on the American people."This was a concerted effort stemming from President Bidens first day in office," Trump's order insisted.

Blake Lively plans to speak under oath against Justin Baldoni.Lively, 37, will take the stand in the sexual harassment trial involving her "It Ends With Us" co-star and director, People magazine reported.The legal conflict, which first took shape in December with Lively's filed complaint, will reach a New York court for trial in March 2026.BLAKE LIVELY'S ANOTHER SIMPLE FAVOR DIRECTOR SLAMS OUTRAGE AGAINST ACTRESS OVER DIVA RUMORSLively's lawyer, Mike Gottlieb, confirmed Thursday that his client would provide testimony."The ultimate moment for a plaintiff's story to be told is at trial," he said. "We expect that to be the case here [with Lively]. So we would, of course, expect her to be a witness at her trial. Of course shes going to testify."He added, "There are individuals that were witnesses to or experienced misconduct that is relevant to Ms. Lively's claims. We expect their testimony, particularly about what took place on set, will come out through live witness testimony."BLAKE LIVELY VS. JUSTIN BALDONI: EVERYTHING TO KNOWGottlieb noted that both parties will have "an opportunity to ask Ms. Lively questions" during the discovery process. "We think there have been a lot of distractions put up to deflect attention from the retaliation campaign that was launched against her," he said. "And we expect and hope that in discovery we'll have an opportunity to really focus on what we believe to be the core part of the case, which is that this retaliation campaign was launched against Ms. Lively for her having raised concerns about sexual harassment."Baldoni's legal team stood firm in their defense, and noted in a statement provided to Fox News Digital, "Although obviously uncomfortable for the Lively parties, the truth is not a distraction.""The truth has been clearly shown through unedited receipts, documents and real life footage.More to come," his attorney, Bryan Freedman, said. "Blake was the one who brought her high profile friends into this situation without concern for their own personal or public backlash. As the truth shows, sheused her Dragons to manipulate Justin at every turn."He continued of Lively's husband, Ryan Reynolds: "Ryans involvement is verywell documented and we continue to discover more intentional misconduct. Was Disney actually complicit in Ryan using shareholder revenues to further a personal grudge? I would be surprised to learn that this type of corporate waste would not lead to much more exposure for those that have been complicit in affecting shareholder revenue." BLAKE LIVELY LANDING ON TIME100 TITAN LIST SPARKS BACKLASH, CALLED AN INSULTBaldoni mentioned Taylor Swift in his lawsuit by sharing texts exchanged between him and Lively. The "Jane the Virgin" star claimed Lively used her friendship with Swift to threaten him into changing the "It Ends With Us" script. While working on the film, Lively insisted on rewriting the rooftop scene. Baldoni had been hesitant about the idea but told Lively he would "take a look at what she put together," according to the complaint.Afterward, Lively invited Baldoni to her New York City home, where the actor-director said he felt Swift and Reynolds pressured him into using Lively's rewrite of the scene. "Later, Baldoni felt obliged to text Lively to say that he had liked her pages and hadnt needed Reynolds and her megacelebrity friend to pressure him," the complaint said."I really love what you did. It really does help a lot. Makes it so much more fun and interesting. (And I would have felt that way without Ryan and Taylor [emoji] You really are a talent across the board. Really excited nd (sic) grateful to do this together," Baldoni's text said, according to the complaint.Lively shared a lengthy response in which she referred to Swift and Reynolds as "dragons" who protect her.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTERLively detailed allegations of sexual harassment, retaliation, intentional affliction of emotional distress, negligence and more made by Baldoni and lead producer Jamie Heath in a complaint first filed with the California Civil Rights department on Dec. 20 and later in federal court on Dec. 31.The same day Lively filed her federal suit, Baldoni filed a $250 million suit against The New York Times for a December article about the alleged smear campaign he attempted to run against his co-star.Weeks later, Baldoni then named Lively and Reynolds in a separate $400 million defamation lawsuit in which he accused the Hollywood power couple of attempting to hijack "It Ends With Us" and create their own narrative.In addition to releasing a website detailing the timeline of events that allegedly occurred, Baldoni's team also shared unedited footage from the set of "It Ends With Us." Both Lively and Baldoni have claimed the footage bolsters their respective claims.