LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 01: An immigrants rights supporter holds a sign reading 'Immigrants Make America Great' before marching downtown during a 'March for Dignity' on March 01, 2025 in Los ...

“Official” is a very English word. It has its roots in the Old French “oficial” and the Latin “officialis,” and now — thanks to a new Trump executive order — describes the status of the English ...

Each year, new words find their way into the general American English lexicon. Even if we try to avoid them, these new slang terms are spreading and being used all around us.Related video above: RETRO ...

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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 ...

President Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order Friday, that rescinds a mandate issued by former President Bill ...

Weijia Jiang is the senior White House correspondent for CBS News based in Washington, D.C. Jiang has covered the White House beat since 2018, including the transitions between presidential ...

The U.S. Department of Justice released guidance to federal agencies on July 14 on how to comply with President Donald Trump’s executive order from March declaring English the nation’s official ...

Language as a political tool Since India’s independence from Britain in 1947, the status of English in India has been deeply political – entwined with questions of identity, power, and national ...

The home page of the ChatGPT application displayed on the smartphone screen. Over the last year, governments, academia, and industry have invested considerable resources into investigating the harms ...