Trump told a cheering crowd that he was fighting 'for Black Americans and all Americans' at a Black History Month reception at the White House.

Trump spent that month abolishing decades of diversity efforts throughout the federal government and beyond, removing many Black employees from the federal workforce, and leading a culture war on “woke” diversity, equity and inclusion policies he disparaged as “dangerous” and “immoral” race-based programs.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. President Donald Trump marked Black History Month at the White House on Thursday, preserving a tradition by ...

During the Black History Month ceremony, which preserved a long-standing and bipartisan White House tradition, Trump omitted any mention of his anti-DEI efforts.

For years, the celebration of Black History Month has aroused conservative ire around “identity politics” and “special rights.” The late Republican Senator John McCain argued that these “special rights” were why he didn’t vote for the MLK Holiday or acknowledge it until, of course, he ran against Obama for the presidency in 2008.

It is painfully clear that President Donald Trump is attempting to whitewash America’s past. He is glossing over the worst chapters of our history and once again relegating certain Americans — meaning Americans who do not look and think like him — to minor roles.

Donald Trump, although known as we have already said for his controversial views, is someone who has amazed the public with such ceremonies. The US president is proud that black A

Despite rolling back DEI initiatives, Trump hosted a White House reception Thursday to honor Black History Month.

U.S. Army Lieutenant General Telita Crosland, the head of the military's health agency and one of the most senior Black female officers in the Army, was forced to retire on Friday, two sources told Reuters.