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  • DOGE slashes over 0M in DEI funding at Education Department: ‘Win for every student’

    DOGE slashes over $100M in DEI funding at Education Department: ‘Win for every student’

    The Department of Education (DOE) is canceling more than $100 million in grants to fund diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) training as part of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) sweep of “wasteful” spending. 

    DOGE, the department led by Elon Musk to cut costs within the federal government, announced the termination of 89 DOE contracts totaling $881 million in a post on X Monday night.

    Of the nearly $1 billion, DOGE identified $101 million that was being used for DEI training, including teaching educators to “help students understand/interrogate the complex histories involved in oppression, and help students recognize areas of privilege and power on an individual and collective basis.”

    “Your tax dollars were spent on this,” Musk wrote of the DOE spending.

    TRUMP PUTS HIGHER EDUCATION ON NOTICE FOR ‘DANGEROUS, DEMEANING, AND IMMORAL’ DEI TEACHINGS

    Elon Musk heads the Department of Government Efficiency. (Andrew Harnik)

    According to DOGE, the education department spent another $1.5 million on a contractor to “observe mailing and clerical operations” at a mail center, which was also terminated in the recent spending sweep.

    “DEI was never about ‘equity’—it was about enforcing ideological conformity and institutionalizing discrimination. Shutting down these wasteful, divisive programs is a win for every student,” Nicki Neily, founder and president of Parents Defending Education, said in response to the spending cut. 

    “More states need to follow suit,” Neily said.

    TRUMP EDUCATION DEPT LAUNCHES PROBE INTO ‘EXPLOSION OF ANTISEMITISM’ AT 5 UNIVERSITIES

    Erika Donalds, wife of Republican Rep. Byron Donalds of Florida, also wrote in response that “the kids can’t read.”

    US Department of Education

    The Department of Education building is seen on Aug. 21, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Tierney L. Cross)

    DOGE has been leading efforts to vacuum spending within the DOE, announcing in early February the termination of three grants including one funding an institution that had reportedly “previously hosted faculty workshops entitled ‘Decolonizing the Curriculum.’”

    In his first slew of executive orders, President Donald Trump launched a federal review of DEI teachings and practices in educational institutions receiving federal funding.

    Trump and the RNC announce a $76 million fundraising haul in April

    President Donald Trump launched a federal review of DEI teachings and practices in educational institutions receiving federal funding. (Donald Trump 2024 campaign)

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    Amid the Trump-Vance crackdown on certain teachings, several colleges, such as Missouri State University and West Virginia University, have begun closing their DEI offices.

    Fox News’ Charles Creitz contributed to this report.

    Aubrie Spady is a Writer for Fox News Digital.

  • White House says Biden admin’s killing 100M chickens contributed to high egg prices

    White House says Biden admin’s killing 100M chickens contributed to high egg prices

    White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Tuesday that the high prices of eggs is directly related to a lack of chicken supply which the Biden administration contributed to.

    White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt addressed the high cost of eggs while speaking to reporters on Tuesday, saying the Biden administration contributed to the supply shortage by directing the killing of over 100 million chickens.

    Leavitt held her first White House press briefing on Tuesday afternoon, when one of the reporters asked about the price of eggs skyrocketing since President Donald Trump took office.

    She told reporters there is a lot of reporting that is putting the onus on the current administration for the rising cost of eggs.

    “I would like to point out to each and every one of you, that in 2024, when Joe Biden was in the Oval Office or upstairs in the residence sleeping, I’m not so sure, egg prices increased 65% in this country,” Leavitt said, noting that the costs of bacon, groceries and gasoline have increased because of the “inflationary” policies of the Biden administration.

    HERE’S WHY GROCERS ARE REALLY RAISING PRICES

    White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt holds her first news conference at the White House on Jan. 28, 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images / Getty Images)

    “As far as the egg shortage, what’s also contributing to that is that the Biden administration and the Department of Agriculture directed the mass killing of more than 100 million chickens, which has led to a lack of chicken supply in this country, therefore, a lack of egg supply, which is leading to the shortage,” she said. “So, I will leave you with this point: This is an example of why it’s so incredibly important that the Senate moves swiftly to confirm all of President Trump’s nominees, including his nominee for the United States Department of Agriculture, Brooke Rollins, who is already speaking with Kevin Hassett, who’s leading the economic team here at the White House, on how we can address the egg shortage in this country.”

    The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that the average price of a dozen Grade A large eggs was $4.15 during the month of December, which shows an increase from $2.51 in December 2023.

    One of the largest reasons for the increase is the recent bird flu outbreak.

    SHELLING OUT: EGG PRICES RISE NEARLY 37 PERCENT

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    Cases of cage-free eggs for sale at a Costco store in Florida. (Lindsey Nicholson/UCG/Universal Images Group via / Getty Images)

    The Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) was either directly or indirectly responsible for killing more than 20 million egg-laying hens in the last quarter of 2024, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported.

    Some estimations indicate the average price of a dozen large eggs could be nearly $5 by the end of 2025, which would be the highest average price for a dozen eggs ever recorded.

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    Still, the price of eggs in California has already surpassed that, reaching nearly $9 per dozen in some areas.

    Fox News Digital’s Alexandra Koch contributed to this report.