U.S. government websites have gone dark as agencies scrambled to comply with President Donald Trump’s executive orders declaring his administration would recognize only two genders and ordering an end to diversity,

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Trump administration officials are putting a pause on most federal government websites as of 5 p.m. ET on Friday, a source familiar with the matter said. The move was first reported by CBS News.

Taiwan has officially prohibited its public officials and critical infrastructure from using applications developed by the Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek, citing concerns over "national information security.