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."
John F. Kennedy’s grandson took issue with Donald Trump’s decision to declassify the remaining redacted files on his grandfather’s assassination, describing the president as no hero. Jack Schlossberg,
In the final days of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s administration, his Interior Department pulled a fast one on him, renaming D.C. Stadium for his archnemesis.
President Trump ordered the declassification of secret files on JFK's assassination, along with documents related to Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr.
By revoking Executive Order 11246, Donald Trump has erased key civil rights protections for federal contractors.
Dr. King's dream for bipartisanship and collaboration is as urgent as ever in the new Trump era, writes John Hope Bryant
President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order that aims to ease regulation on cryptocurrency, seeking to fulfill the policy promises he made to the industry after courting its cash and support throughout the 2024 campaign.
When U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson took the stage at Howard University in June of 1965, he had already signed the Civil Rights act into law, and he said he expected to sign the Voting Rights Act shortly.
Presidential signings once meant something. Not all of them, of course; some were as thin and inert as the paper upon which they were signed
President Trump announced the immediate release of classified documents related to the assassinations of President Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr., revisiting past national security concerns. Only a small fraction of documents remain unreleased,
Troops have been previously deployed in the U.S. by presidents, including George H.W. Bush and John F. Kennedy.