President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday afternoon making English the official language of the U.S. This is the first time in 250 years that America has had an official language on the federal level.

For decades, lawmakers in Congress have introduced legislation to designate English as the official language of the U.S.

President Donald Trump will sign an executive order to make English the official U.S. language, a White House official said on Friday, for the first time in the country's history. The official did not provide a timing for the signing of the order,