President Trump’s executive order puts his “America first” stamp onto the nation’s speech. But the effect might be muted. By Jack Healy Reporting from Phoenix President Trump’s executive order making ...

President Donald Trump signed on Saturday an executive order designating English as the official language of the United States. The order allows government agencies and organizations that receive ...

The order did not require changes to federal programs but was a victory for America’s English-only movement, which has ties to efforts to restrict immigration and bilingual education. By Luke ...

Section 1. Purpose and Policy. From the founding of our Republic, English has been used as our national language. Our Nation’s historic governing documents, including the Declaration of Independence ...

DESIGNATING ENGLISH AS THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order designating English as the official language of the United States. UNIFYING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ...

The United States has never had a national language in its nearly 250-year history—until now. President Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order on Friday that will make English the official ...

English and Spanish are the most common languages spoken in the U.S. but where do the rest rank? Newsweek has mapped tongues from other motherlands, and German comes third. In total, 13 states speak ...

English learners accounted for 10.6 percent of all public school students in fall 2021, up from 9.4 percent in fall 2011. That’s according to federal data updated in May which tracks this student ...

While two-thirds of U.S. Latinos say they can read a newspaper or book in Spanish at least pretty well, just 21% say they mostly consume news in Spanish. Just over half of Hispanics (54%) report ...

January 22, 2026 - Fausto Lopez finished high school, got an associate degree and applied to attend a four-year college - all while inside juvenile detention. English learners need foundational skills ...

Jeff Tompkins is a writer and teacher of English as a Second Language living in New York City. He was born in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1967 and was educated at Brown University and University College ...