Politics

Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump is expected to sign a historic executive order designating English as the United States’ official language, a White House official confirmed to ABC News. The order marks the first time the country has ever had a national language. The executive order rescinds a Clinton-era mandate […]

(adamkaz/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — With the Virginia gubernatorial election a little more than eight months away, Democrats in the state have said they believe the federal job cuts under President Donald Trump’s administration will have a ripple effect that could sway voters to flip the governor seat from a Republican to a Democrat. The Virginia […]

(KLH49/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Economists say the uncertainty from President Donald Trump’s tariff threats and mass layoffs of government workers are starting to have a “chilling” effect on the U.S. economy. “It’s a very difficult business environment, because they can’t plan for what their cost structure is going to be,” said Rachel Ziemba, an adjunct […]

(Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy comes to the White House on Friday to ink a deal that would give the U.S. access to his country’s mineral resources — an agreement that President Donald Trump has cast a way to ensure American taxpayers get paid back for supporting Ukraine in its war […]

Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (DES MOINES, IOWA) — Iowa lawmakers voted Thursday to strike gender identity from state civil rights protections. The state’s civil rights law currently protects against discrimination in the workplace, school, accommodations, housing and more based on someone’s “age, race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, […]

J. David Ake/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Education launched a first-of-its-kind website, “EndDEI.Ed.Gov,” just hours before a deadline warning institutions to end discrimination or they will be subject to federal funding consequences. The new online portal went live on Thursday for the community to submit discrimination-focused complaints. “The Department of Education will utilize […]

Kelly Livingston/ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Several U.S. Agency for International Development staffers cleared out their offices at the agency’s Washington headquarters on Thursday, saying they were disheartened after Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency laid them off or placed them on leave. “The more I talk about it, the more I want to cry,” said Amanda, who worked […]

(Douglas Rissing/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Transgender U.S. service members will be separated from the military unless they receive an exemption, according to a new Pentagon policy disclosed in a court filing on Wednesday. According to the memo, the Pentagon must create a procedure to identify troops who are transgender by March 26 and orders that […]

Leon Neal/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump is hosting United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer at the White House on Thursday. The two leaders will hold a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office shortly after noon ET before a press conference in the East Room slated for 2 p.m. ET. Senior administration officials told […]

LUDOVIC MARIN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — While President Donald Trump’s proudest supporters on Capitol Hill shower him with legislation proposing putting his portrait on a $250 bill, declaring his birthday a national holiday or adding his likeness to Mount Rushmore — a new effort across the aisle isn’t as flattering — as House Democrats […]