This is how long the hiring freeze will last and the implications for federal employees, those with job offers and college graduates and students.

The Smithsonian Institution is closing its diversity office and freezing all federal hiring. The decision will affect dozens of American museums, research centers and libraries, as well as the National Zoo.

Senate lawmakers are demanding President Donald Trump exempt all positions at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs from a hiring freeze.

The Smithsonian Institution is closing its Office of Diversity, freezing federal hiring and ordering employees back to in-office work, according to an email sent by Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III.