The phrase "affirmative action" and much of the executive order Trump is repealing, itself built on one signed by Johnson's predecessor John F. Kennedy in March 1961, which asked government contractors to "take affirmative action" to insure employees and applicants were treated "without regard to their race, creed, color or national origin."

President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order on the cryptocurrency industry, in a long-awaited move that appears to meet some industry demands.

President Donald Trump began his second administration with a blitz of policy actions to reorient U.S. government priorities.

The LGBTQ+ community is worried by one of President Donald Trump's executive orders, which calls for federal agencies to only recognize two sexes -- male and female. The executive order says gender identity "does not provide a meaningful basis for identification.

On his first day in office, President Donald Trump issued executive orders that transgender rights activists described as "hateful." Invoking biological definitions of sex that are contested, one order effectively argues that "trans-ness is not real,

Among President Donald Trump‘s flurry of executive orders was a new rule proclaiming that the U.S. government will only recognize two genders. While some local organizations are applauding the move in Massachusetts,