What do the Peace Corps, desegregation of the military, and the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II have in common? They were all established by presidential executive orders.

House speaker Mike Johnson downplayed president Donald Trump's defiance of court decisions blocking his executive orders, but a legal expert said his claims were completely off base. The Louisiana ...

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During the first days of his second term in the White House, President Donald Trump issued multiple executive orders on immigration. However, the Trump administration has yet to ...

Executive orders have shaped U.S. history, from Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation to FDR's New Deal. Recent presidents, ...

U.S. President Donald Trump’s effort to reshape American life and government through executive orders has suffered setbacks in federal courts, where judges have paused several of his marquee policy ...

President Donald Trump issued a host of executive orders on his first day, aiming to reverse many of former President Joe ...

Among the targets of executive orders issued this week by President Donald Trump upon his return to the White House were actions taken by Presidents Clinton and Biden to ensure federal attention ...

Some are thrilled by the number of executive actions. Others see it as executive overreach. What is a U.S. president really ...