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Trump signs education-focused executive orders on AI, school discipline, accreditation, foreign gifts and more

President Donald Trump signed multiple Executive Orders relating to education Wednesday afternoon, with several tied to the theme of returning meritocracy back to the education system.
The orders, seven in total, included actions to integrate artificial intelligence into K-12 school curricula, reforms to school discipline and accreditation guidelines, requirements related to the disclosure of foreign funding to schools and enhancements to the country’s workforce development programs.
Trump’s slew of education-focused orders also included another directive demanding an end to DEI ideology in schools, specifically the use of «disparate impact theory,» on top of his previous executive order from January ordering an end to DEI-like programming and ideology in K-12 schools. An Executive Order setting up a White House initiative supporting the efficiency and effectiveness of Historically Black Colleges and Universities was also signed by the president on Wednesday.
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President Donald Trump holds an executive order relating to education in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, April 23, 2025, in Washington, as Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer and Education Secretary Linda McMahon watch. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
«They’re allowing people into school – they can’t do math – and yet kids who have worked really hard and are number one in their class out of high school – some place in New Jersey or Mississippi – they can’t get into the best schools,» Trump said as he signed his order implementing new school accreditation requirements. «What is that all about?»
«I think that gets to your policy, sir, of meritocracy – that we should be looking at those who have real merit to get in,» Department of Education Secretary Linda McMahon, who was standing over Trump’s shoulder as he signed, chimed in. «And we have to look harder at those universities that aren’t enforcing that.»
The accreditation reforms, along with the president’s Executive Orders on school discipline and «disparate impact theory,» were all connected to pulling back from the Biden administration’s era of prioritizing DEI over meritocracy. Specifically, the accreditation reforms seek to prevent accreditors from imposing «discriminatory diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)-based standards,» while compelling them to «prioritize student outcomes.»
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Meanwhile, under the Biden administration, the Department of Education released student discipline guidance contending that persistent racism clouds school disciplinary systems. Trump’s Wednesday Executive Order rescinds that guidance.

President Donald Trump has been a staunch opponent to what he describes as «discriminatory» diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs across the United States. (Getty Images)
«Under, I believe it was the Biden administration – first Obama and then Biden – the Department of Justice issued guidance that made it almost impossible for schools to enforce adequate disciplinary policies,» Trump’s executive assistant Will Scharf said of the order as Trump was signing it. «Basically they focused on CRT and diversity ideology, instead of actually just enforcing the rules in classrooms to ensure a safe learning environment.»
The prohibition of «disparate impact theory» builds on the president’s past orders on ridding «discriminatory» DEI programs and influences from educational settings.
«This is a theory that underlies a lot of the modern DEI and CRT-driven diversity culture,» Scharf explained. «The basic idea is instructing your department and agencies to no longer rely on disparate impact theory as they’re regulating, as they’re issuing guidance, as they’re making rules. We want to focus on results, we want to focus on actual fairness, we want to focus on merit, not things like disparate impact theory and the whole sort-of diversity, equity and inclusion cult.»
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President Donald Trump signs an executive order relating to education in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, April 23, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Besides focusing on returning meritocracy to the education system, the president’s Executive Orders also sought to modernize American education and workforce preparation through the implementation of AI education in schools and through a commitment to add 1 million new apprenticeships.
The AI order, Trump’s latest pro-AI measure, established a White House task force for AI and education that will work with federal agencies and the private sector to help draft AI programs for schools.
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The president previously signed an Executive Order in January, which worked to rescind Biden-era policies that critics say restricted the nation’s AI growth.
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Blogger arrested for sharing anti-Hamas meme online, claims cops didn’t know about October 7th horrors

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A blogger has blasted British police after they arrested him for sharing a meme on social media that read «F— Hamas.»
Pete North, 47, filmed officers arriving at his Yorkshire home in the U.K. on Sept. 25 and telling him he was being detained because he had «posted something on the internet» that a member of their hate crime team «didn’t appreciate.»
The shocking footage shows an officer explaining that North was being arrested «on suspicion of publishing or distributing written material intended to stir up racial hatred.»
The post in question had been shared by North on X in August and featured a Palestinian flag with the words: «F— Palestine. F— Hamas. F— Islam. Want to protest? F— off to Muslim country and protest.»
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A blogger has blasted British police after they arrested him for sharing an anti-Hamas meme on social media.
North confirmed to The Telegraph that although the meme contained offensive references to Palestine and Islam, officers in the interview at the station appeared preoccupied with the part directed at Hamas.
«The officer in the interview said, ‘Well, firstly, let’s start with the meme. You posted a meme that said f— Hamas,’» North recalled to the British outlet.
«I said, ‘yeah, I did post a meme that said f— Hamas, because Hamas are a proscribed terrorist organisation internationally, including in Britain’.»
He added: «I then asked him, ‘Just so we’re on the same page, you do know who Hamas are?’ And he just… shook his head. He looked totally blank. If you’re going to arrest people for memes, you probably need to pay more attention to current affairs.»
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Two North Yorkshire officers came to arrest Pete North at home and took him to Harrogate police station.
North told The Telegraph he pressed the officer on whether he was aware of Hamas’s atrocities, including the murder of civilians on October 7. «He was totally oblivious,» North claimed.
After being questioned for several hours, North was released without charge.
«I feel quite strongly that what political cartoons and memes I post on social media is none of the police’s business,» North said.
«Nobody should be facing police inquiries for posting memes on Twitter. The whole point of this exercise is not to win convictions. It’s to terrorize people like me into thinking twice about posting spicy memes,» he added.
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North Yorkshire Police confirmed the arrest, telling UK media: «A 47-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of publishing or distributing written material intended to stir up racial hatred. He has been released under investigation while inquiries continue.»
Fox News Digital has reached out to North Yorkshire Police for comment.
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Illegal alien arrested by ICE found registered as active Democrat voter in blue state

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After an illegal alien, Ian Andre Roberts, the superintendent of the Des Moines Public Schools in Iowa, was arrested by ICE, Republicans blew the whistle on the fact that he was a registered active Democrat voter in the state of Maryland.
According to the official website for the Maryland State Board of Elections, Roberts, who overstayed a student visa from 1999, has an active voter status and is registered as a Democrat in Maryland. The development was first reported on by columnist Dustin Grage.
Republican state Delegate Matt Morgan, who is chair of the Maryland House Freedom Caucus, told Fox News Digital that Roberts’ registration means that he is eligible to vote in all federal, state and local elections despite not being a U.S. citizen, and also despite likely not having lived in Maryland for the past decade.
Morgan explained that there is nothing in Maryland law allowing for non-citizens to be registered to vote in federal or state elections even if Roberts were still a legal resident.
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Ian Roberts, head of Des Moines Public Schools, was arrested by immigration authorities on Friday after a brief chase, Roberts was living in the United States illegally, authorities said. (Getty Images; ICE)
Now, the House Freedom Caucus is demanding answers from the Maryland State Board of Elections about «gaping holes» in the state’s election integrity systems.
In a letter sent to the elections board on Monday, the Freedom Caucus also demanded answers on why the board has been «obstructing a valid request by the Department of Justice to ensure compliance with federal election laws, citing immigration enforcement as a primary concern.
Morgan pointed to a letter the elections board sent to the Justice Department in August in which State Administrator of Elections Jared DeMarinis expressed concern that if the board gave over voter information to the federal government that data would be used for «used for enforcement of immigration laws against Maryland residents.»
Commenting on the letter, Morgan asked, «If illegal aliens are not allowed to vote, why would they be on the voter rolls in the first place? And how would that enhance immigration enforcement? I don’t know, but that’s the excuse that they wrote to the DOJ.»
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The Maryland State Capitol in Annapolis. (Getty)
«It’s ridiculous,» he went on, adding that «everyone reasonable wants a safe and secure election.»
Before his arrest by ICE, Roberts headed the Des Moines Public Schools, the largest school district in the state, despite not being legally authorized to work in the U.S. after his employment authorization card expired in 2020, according to authorities.
He was taken into custody on a fugitive warrant last week. ICE agents arrested Roberts after he attempted to flee and was found hiding in brush. The vehicle Roberts was driving was found with $3,000 in cash, a fixed-blade hunting knife, and a loaded Glock 19 firearm, ICE said.
Roberts also had illegal weapons possession charges from 2020 and was given a final order of removal in 2024.
The state of Iowa revoked Roberts’ education license on Sunday, triggering the Des Moines School Board to place him on unpaid leave.
«We were notified that the Iowa Board of Educational Examiners revoked Doctor Roberts’ license to practice as a superintendent in the state of Iowa. Without such a license, Doctor Roberts is not in compliance with his contract,» said Jackie Norris, chair of the school board.
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Authorities said a handgun was found in a vehicle used by Ian Roberts to flee from pursuing ICE agents. (ICE)
Morgan said that though Roberts’ case is baffling, he fears he may just be the tip of the iceberg when it comes to illegal aliens registered to vote in Maryland.
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«We have no idea how widespread this is. We hear rumors, but we have no idea,» he said.
«This is uncharted territory,» he added.
Fox News Digital’s Louis Casiano and Bill Melugin contributed to this report.
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Estados Unidos: cazarrecompensas y redadas, la sombra de la deportación persigue a los latinos de Washington

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