The White House field trip program has long been seen as a symbolic way to connect young Americans with their government and inspire civic engagement.

White House spokesperson Davis Ingle told Newsweek, "As President Trump promised, the Trump Administration is committed to rooting out Woke and divisive ideology in our government and institutions."

President Trump has sought to govern with an iron grip the federal bureaucracy, the economy and even the finer details of White House architecture.

Nationalists have a habit of pushing their nations into the abyss.

U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's speech to the annual Jackson Hole economic conference on Friday comes amid unprecedented pressure on the central bank from President Donald Trump, but mixed economic data may pull Powell toward a middle ground that leaves major questions unresolved.

World shares were mixed on Friday after Wall Street fell to a fifth straight loss, hurt by losses for Walmart and worries over coming cuts to interest rates.

The hope among investors had been that Powell would hint that the Fed's first cut to interest rates of the year may be imminent.