
Google has slashed hiring targets the company said were intended to increase the number of employees from historically underrepresented groups. The move comes as the search giant says it is reassessing some diversity, equity and inclusion programs. Google is the latest major U.S. company to step back from its DEI commitments in the first weeks of President Donald Trump’s second term. Google told USA TODAY it was reviewing the president’s executive orders aimed at reversing DEI initiatives in the federal government and among federal contractors. Google has contracts with the...