In the first few days of Donald Trump’s second presidency, his administration has already overhauled the federal government’s online footprint.
The White House website no longer has a Spanish-language version. It has removed a disclaimer promising to make it accessible to people with disabilities. And a number of federal agencies have removed web pages related to reproductive rights and diversity.
It’s standard for a new president to remake the White House website to reflect their administration’s goals and values, and some of the missing pages appear to be temporary changes.
But other government website deletions, which NBC News verified with archived versions of the government websites, seem to reflect Trump’s commitment to right-wing culture war issues in his second term.
Not only the Spanish-language version of the White House website, La Casa Blanca, has been removed, but its three official social media channels — on Facebook, Instagram and X — all appear to be deleted.
While a Spanish-language version of the White House website dates back at least to George W. Bush’s presidency, two previous administrations, both Trump’s first administration and Barack Obama’s, took months to relaunch.
Neither the White House nor the Trump transition team responded to requests for comment, but one White House spokesperson told USA Today that the site, as well as a page for the Constitution that has been deleted, will be reinstated as federal web developers finish the site’s redesign.
A whitehouse.gov statement on accessibility, which was live on the last day of Biden’s presidency, also appears to be missing. The page previously said the site was in accordance with the international standards that make websites accessible to people with disabilities. Justice Department guidelines state all government websites need to meet those standards to be compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Those guidelines include providing alt text on images so that people with visual impairments who use automatic readers can understand images, offering audio descriptions for people with hearing disabilities, and making all websites operable by keyboard for users who can’t use a conventional mouse.
The White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention, active as of Saturday, is also gone.
Outside of the White House, some federal agencies in the executive branch have similarly removed web pages, in what appear to be more deliberate actions reflecting Trump’s priorities.
The Health and Human Services website delineating Americans’ legal rights regarding reproductive health care, reproductiverights.gov, is offline. It was live as recently as last week. HHS did not respond to an email requesting comment.
The Department of Labor appears to have deleted a website of resources for LGBTQI+ workers that was live last month. It didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
At least three federal departments have deleted web pages for diversity, equity and inclusion, a target for conservatives and the Trump administration. An executive order Trump signed Monday calls for the Office of Personnel Management, which functions as the federal government’s human resources department, to end all DEI programs.
While OPM’s general page explaining DEI as a priority is still functional, the landing page for the Chief Diversity Officers Executive Council, which was live earlier this month, has been deleted.
The National Institute of Food and Agriculture has similarly deleted a statement on its commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility. The Defense Information Systems Agency has deleted a page that as of last year described its Office of Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion.
None of those three agencies responded to a request for comment.
At least one agency pre-emptively closed its DEI office before Trump even took office. The FBI closed its Office of Diversity and Inclusion in December, after Trump’s election but before his executive order, an agency spokesperson told NBC News. The spokesperson did not respond to a follow-up question asking why the agency made that choice.
Donald Sherman, the executive director of the progressive government watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics, told NBC News that the deletions mirrored priorities laid forth in Project 2025, the far-right administration plan that Trump disavowed on the campaign but his team has embraced since his victory.
“I think it’s a direct reflection of Project 2025,” Sherman said. “It’s important to remember Project 2025 was done sort of piecemeal. In practically every section, it explicitly mentions undoing Diversity Equity and Inclusion initiatives.
Kaitlyn Schwanemann contributed.
