The US State Department has rescinded Biden-era guidance that encouraged diplomats to promote diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (DEIA) with foreign officials and governments, according to Fox News. The change reflects the Trump administration’s broader reversal of DEIA policies across federal agencies and could alter how US diplomats address equality and inclusion overseas.

Fox News described the previous guidance as directing personnel to advance DEIA objectives internationally, while the administration characterised the move as refocusing diplomacy on US national interests. The article includes criticism of the former policy from Republican-aligned voices, but the supplied text does not provide the full wording of the rescinded guidance or details of its practical implementation.