Following Trump's lead, organizations including Walmart, Lowe’s and Meta have announced they would scale back their commitments to diversity, equity and inclusion programs.

Boston-based State Street Global Advisors said it expected corporate boards to be comprised of at least 30 percent women or it may vote against the head of the companies’ nominating committees.

State Street's asset management unit dropped targets for the number of women and minority directors who should serve on corporate boards.

The Oscars 2025 ceremony held at the famed Dolby Theatre venue in Los Angeles has not gone down well with billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk.Musk slammed the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on the "Representation and Inclusion Standards" arguing that the nominations in categories like Best Picture and acting should be based purely on merit and not influenced by diversity quotas.