executive orders

Trump wants to restore statues and monuments. Will that happen?

8:01pm March 28, 2025

The President's executive order on "restoring truth and sanity to American history" calls on the Department of the Interior to ensure that any monuments, statues or memorials under its jurisdiction "do not contain descriptions, depictions, or other content that inappropriately disparage Americans past or living (including persons living in colonial times)."

How will Trump's executive order affect the Smithsonian?

4:11pm March 28, 2025

The Smithsonian Institution, a vast complex of research centers, museums and galleries, is the latest culture target of President Trump's executive orders.

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Trump executive order seeks to 'restore' American history through Smithsonian overhaul

9:45pm March 27, 2025

The "Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History" order removes "divisive, race-centered ideology" from Smithsonian museums, educational and research centers, and the National Zoo.

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President Trump Participates In A Kennedy Center Board Meeting And Tour

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Federal judge blocks Trump effort to ban transgender troops from military service

8:58pm March 18, 2025

The decision by U.S. District Judge Ana C. Reyes blocks the Department of Defense from carrying through with a policy directive designed to remove transgender service members from the military.

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Education

High Point University faculty left anxious, confused amid changing response to DEI orders

3:17pm March 07, 2025

by Amy Diaz

High Point University officials are backtracking after calling for a list of words including “transgender,” “diversity,” and “advocacy” to be removed from public-facing documents. This was an attempt to comply with new executive orders ending DEI programs, but it’s caused confusion among faculty.

If you see something (woke), say something

4:07am March 07, 2025

Code Switch's Gene Demby looks into the Department of Education's new end-DEI portal that asks Americans to narc on their local public schools.

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The FDIC's goal is to prevent another banking crisis. It's now also a Trump target

5:00am February 27, 2025

President Trump's sweeping cuts to the federal government are also threatening a key banking watchdog.

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President Trump Returns To The White House

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From Ukraine to DOGE: Here's everything that happened with Trump this week

5:00am February 21, 2025

NPR rounds up what happened this week, the fourth week of President Trump's administration, and takes a look at some developments that have been overlooked.

President Trump Signs Executive Orders At Mar-a-Lago In Palm Beach, Florida

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Trump claims expanded power over independent agencies

12:02pm February 19, 2025

The executive order would affect agencies like the SEC and FDIC, but it excludes the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors and Open Market Committee.

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Artists protest new NEA restrictions

6:23pm February 18, 2025

Hundreds of artists signed a letter sent to the National Endowment for the Arts asking it to reverse policy changes made as a result of recent executive orders issued by President Trump.