President Trump is expected to sign an executive order declaring English the official language of the United States, two White House officials confirmed to Axios Friday. Why it matters: More than 350 languages are spoken in the "melting pot" of the U.

The order will rescind a mandate “that required agencies and recipients of federal funding to provide extensive language assistance to non-English speakers,” the White House said.

President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order designating English as the official language of the United States. That's according to the White House.