The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is scrubbing a swath of HIV-related content from the agency’s website as a part of President Donald Trump’s broader effort to wipe out diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives across the federal government.

The CDC’s main HIV page was down temporarily but has been restored. The CDC began removing all content related to gender identity today, according to one government staffer. HIV-related pages were apparently caught up in that action.

CDC employees were told in a Jan. 29 email from Charles Ezell, the acting director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, titled “Defending Women,” that they’re not to make references or promote “gender ideology” — a term often used by conservative groups to describe what they consider “woke” views on sex and gender — and that they are to recognize only two sexes, male and female, according to a memo obtained by NBC News.

Employees initially struggled with how to implement the new policy, with a deadline of Friday afternoon, the staffer said. Ultimately, agency staffers began pulling down numerous HIV-related webpages — regardless of whether they included gender — rushing to meet the deadline. It was unclear when the pages might be restored.

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In line with the new Office of Personnel Management memo, State Department employees have also been instructed to remove all gender-identifying pronouns from their email signatures by 5 p.m.

“The Department of State is reviewing all agency programs, contracts, and grants that promote or inculcate gender ideology, and we are removing outward facing media that does the same,” The new Under Secretary for Management Ambassador Tibor P. Nagy wrote in an email reviewed by NBC News. “Bureaus have already been alerted to review trainings, forms, and plans that involve gender ideology.” 

The subject line of the email sent Friday afternoon just hours before the imposed deadline was “Defending Women.”

“Your cooperation is essential as we navigate these changes together,” Tagy wrote in closing.

NBC News has obtained a memo from the Office of Personnel Management ordering that all references to “gender ideology” be removed by 5 p.m. ET today across the federal government.

The memo orders agencies to, among other things, take down all public-facing websites and social media accounts that "promote gender ideology" and turn off Microsoft Outlook features that prompt staff to write out their pronouns.

It also orders an end to any "employee resource groups" that "promote gender ideology."

The White House said today that President Donald Trump would impose a 25% tariff on goods coming to America from Canada and Mexico and a 10% tariff on those from China tomorrow, a move that could drive up prices for products coming into the U.S. from those countries.

Trump had previously said he would issue those tariffs on the first day of his presidency, then said on Inauguration Day that the tariffs would be put in place Feb. 1. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters today that Trump would carry through on that Feb. 1 deadline.

Leavitt said the tariffs were being put in place in response to “the illegal fentanyl that they have sourced and allowed to distribute into our country, which has killed tens of millions of Americans.”

The tariffs could increase how much U.S. consumers and businesses pay for goods coming from Canada, Mexico and China — including electronics, toys, shoes, fresh produce, lumber and cars. Tariffs are paid by companies importing goods into the U.S., similar to a tax.

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Democrats will take their first tangible step this weekend to drag themselves forward from their 2024 election loss: electing the next chair of the Democratic National Committee. 

The party’s committee members will meet tomorrow to vote on a new slate of officers, chief among them the person who will replace outgoing chair Jaime Harrison, the former South Carolina Democratic Party leader whom Joe Biden tapped to helm the party during his time in office.

But while Democrats are set to pick their party’s next chair, they’re not anointing the party’s next leader.

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The assistant director in charge of the FBI's Washington field office, David Sundberg, has been fired, two senior law enforcement sources told NBC News.

Sundberg is the highest-ranking field agent to be ousted so far in the Trump administration's purge of top executives at FBI headquarters and leaders of the bureau's field offices across the country.

Sundberg, who joined the FBI in 2002, was notified yesterday that he was going to lose his job and is preparing to exit in the next few days, the law enforcement sources said.

The Pentagon has rescinded a Biden administration policy that reimbursed service members and dependents for travel to states where abortions and other reproductive health procedures are legal.

The Pentagon’s Defense Travel Management Office issued the memo Wednesday, ending reimbursements immediately. 

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Leavitt said at today's press briefing that, contrary to a news report, Trump's planned tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China will go into effect tomorrow, but she refused to say whether the administration would reverse the levies if prices of imported goods rise as a result.

"The president is intent on ensuring that he effectively implements tariffs while cutting inflation and costs for the American people," she said.

Occupying the "new media seat" in the White House briefing room today is a member of the Ruthless Podcast, a conservative talk show.

John Ashbrook, one of the podcast's hosts, asked press secretary Karoline Leavitt if the media is "out of touch with Americans demanding action on our border crisis?"

"The media out of touch? I think that the media certainly is out of touch," Leavitt answered.