President Donald Trump signed nearly three dozen executive orders during his first week in office. One order he signed on Tuesday repealed a variety of federal diversity requirements, including a 1965 executive order that forbade discrimination in hiring practices by government contractors, issued by President Lyndon B. Johnson.

Lyndon B. Johnson’s Executive Order 11246, promoting affirmative action in federal contracting, was among the number of DEI policies targeted by the president.

By revoking Executive Order 11246, Donald Trump has erased key civil rights protections for federal contractors.

America made its history as the first Black person, Barack Obama, was sworn in as the 44th president of the country. In front of record-breaking crowds, the young senator became the commander-in-chief of the United States,

President-elect Donald Trump selected opera tenor Christopher Macchio to perform the national anthem at the inauguration. Here's a list of some singers at previous presidential inaugurations.

Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts as Melania Trump holds the Bible during the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the US Capitol in Washington, DC on January 20, 2025. (Photo by Morry Gash / POOL / AFP) (Photo by MORRY GASH/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

With a stroke of a pen, President Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order on Tuesday that overturned government policies going back six decades that banned discrimination and required affirmative action by federal contractors.

This is the third time a president has been sworn in on the federal holiday honoring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama also were ... Kennedy’s assassination in 1963, Lyndon B. Johnson used a Catholic missal.

Lyndon B. Johnson, 1965: The United States Marine ... Singers Susan Graham and Denyce Graves also performed. Barack Obama, 2009: The United States Navy Band Sea Chanters sang the national anthem.

The love lives of US presidents are a guaranteed source of public fascination. Bill Clinton’s tryst with his former intern Monica Lewinsky has spawned dozens of documentaries and TV shows, while ...

Rumours of a potential separation between one of America's favourite power couples—former US President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama—have been making rounds on social media for ...

Amid the divorce rumours with Michelle Obama and wild speculations about dating Jennifer Aniston, Barack Obama arrived at an upscale restaurant to dine alone. Amid the speculations of the ...