A White House web page that explained the U.S. Constitution has not been available since President Donald Trump returned to office.

A White House spokesperson said the error was temporary and due to “tweaking” of the website.

Newsweek has contacted the White House for comment via email.

Why It Matters

The dead link shows the sweeping changes across all forms of government that have taken place to transition from the Biden administration to Trump’s second term in office.

Donald Trump signs an executive order on birth rights citizenship in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on January 20, 2025. Donald Trump signs an executive order on birth rights citizenship in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on January 20, 2025. JIM WATSON/POOL/AFP/Getty Images

What To Know

The Constitution page on Trump’s White House website on Wednesday displayed a “404 page not found” error when accessed.

A similar message appeared when users tried to access the Spanish-language version of the White House website.

Error messages are also present on pages that previously featured biographies of former U.S. presidents, including Abraham Lincoln, Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter and Barack Obama.

White House principal deputy press secretary Harrison Fields told The Associated Press that the dead links are a result of admin changes to the website.

The Biden administration’s White House webpage on the Constitution included a history of the document’s creation, as well as an explanation of the original amendments.

Joshua Reed Eakle, president of the nonprofit Project Liberal, said the Constitution page being down is a “foreshadowing” of the new Trump presidency.

On his first day back in office, Trump signed an executive order aiming to end the right to citizenship for some children born in the U.S.

The move is being challenged by Democrats and civil rights groups, who argue that ending birthright citizenship violates the Constitution’s 14th Amendment, which states that all persons “born or naturalized in the United States” are citizens of the U.S.

The first Trump administration removed the Spanish-language version of the White House website in January 2017. It was restored by the Biden administration four years later.

Monica Rivera, a brand and communications strategist of Puerto Rican and Cuban descent, told the AP that the Spanish version of the website being down suggests the Trump administration views the Spanish-speaking and Latino community as “a less significant” part of the country.

What People Are Saying

Harrison Fields said in a statement: “It’s day two. We are in the process of developing, editing and tweaking the White House website. As part of this ongoing work, some of the archived content on the website went dormant. We are committed to reloading that content in a short timeline.”

Joshua Reed Eakle posted on X, formerly Twitter: “Yes, the White House did remove the U.S. Constitution from their website today. More foreshadowing on what’s to come.”

Monica Rivera told the AP: “There are 43 million Latinos who speak Spanish as their first language, and removing access to information directly from the White House draws a distinct line as to who they are serving and, more dangerously, signals to the administration’s MAGA base that we as Latinos are ‘other’ and a less significant part of this country.”

What Happens Next

The Trump administration has pledged to soon resolve the teething problems currently affecting the official White House website.