Trump's Justice Department, Disappearing DEI, Flu Peaks Again

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🗓️ 7 February 2025

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The Justice Department is moving to implement President Trump's agenda for the agency, some large companies in the US are deleting or softening DEI language from their investor disclosures and influenza is peaking twice this winter.

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0:00.0	Pam Bondi was sworn in this week as U.S. Attorney General.
0:06.4	One of our early memos has workers at the Justice Department worried about the possibility of mass firings.
0:11.5	Will those who investigated the president be singled out?
0:14.2	I'm Michelle Martin. That's A. Martinez. And this is up first from NPR News.
0:20.4	Under political pressure, some big companies have quietly ended their diversity, equity, and
0:24.9	inclusion programs.
0:26.3	We have seen companies start to decide that the reward is not necessarily outweighed by
0:32.2	the risk anymore.
0:33.4	Is this the end of corporate DEI?
0:35.8	Plus, it is respiratory virus season and the flu is peaking for a second time, but there's better news on the horizon about COVID.
0:43.1	This is the smallest winter wave we've had since the pandemic began.
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