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DOGE cancelled a $349,000 grant to replace a museum’s HVAC after ChatGPT flagged it as DEI, court documents show

The Trump administration’s efforts to slash diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives left another acronym on the chopping block: one museum’s $350,000 grant to replace its heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system.

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The Trump administration’s efforts to slash diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives left another acronym on the chopping block: one museum’s $350,000 grant to replace its heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system. Court documents from a recent lawsuit reveal the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) slashed more than $100 million in projected funding distributed by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), about half the agency’s yearly budget, on the basis of projects relating to DEI.

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