Employees in any federal diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility offices will be placed on paid administrative leave “effective immediately,” according to a post from White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt.

Trump has picked his 27-year-old campaign press secretary to stand behind the podium in the White House briefing room.

President Trump campaigned on ending the scourge of DEI from our federal government and returning America to a merit based society where people are hired based on their skills,

China's relations are starting to improve with Japan, India and other countries that former U.S. President Joe Biden courted, just as Donald Trump brings his more unilateralist approach back to the White House.

Donald Trump was sworn in yesterday as the 47th President of the United States. From this moment on, America's decline is over. For more from Inauguration Day, I caught up with USA TODAY chief political correspondent Phillip M. Bailey. Phillip, thank you so much for hopping on during this big, big week in Washington. Phillip M. Bailey:

In the White House press release, the president ordered that flags be returned to half-staff in honor of the late President Carter.