The Department of Justice opens an investigation into Minnesota's hiring practices, the third legal or administrative action the Trump administration has taken against the Democratic-led state in just over two weeks.

The Trump administration said Thursday that it has opened an investigation into whether a Minnesota state agency's newly updated affirmative action policy violates civil rights laws. The Minnesota Department of Human Services' policy requires supervisors to provide a “hiring justification when seeking to hire a

Minnesotans deserve to have their state government employees hired based on merit, not based on illegal DEI,’ Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a statement.