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."

Hot off an Inauguration Day flush with tech billionaires, President Trump dove straight into the job by signing a vertiginous number of executive orders. He made history his first day back in office,

Tanzania’s president said Monday that one sample from a remote part of northern Tanzania tested positive for Marburg disease, a highly infectious virus which can be fatal in up to 88% of cases without treatment.

The order is a reminder that Americans live in two different worlds regarding the government’s use of the ultimate punishment.

The president’s “Day One” orders targeted immigrants, transgender Americans, climate progress, and the Constitution