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The New York Times is suing the EEOC, claiming political retaliation after the agency filed a discrimination lawsuit over a hiring decision that favored a multiracial woman over a white male candidate — a move the Times says is revenge for their critical reporting on the Trump administration. The EEOC argues the Times discriminated based on race and gender, while the Times counters that the EEOC’s lawsuit is a rushed, politically motivated attack on their editorial independence, violating First and Fifth Amendment rights. The case pits the EEOC’s push for diversity against the Times’ defense of merit-based hiring, with the EEOC chair’s stance on corporate diversity under scrutiny as the Times insists their goals were aspirational, not quotas, and had no bearing on this specific hire.

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