Executive orders give presidents significant power to act without Congress. Learn how these directives work, their historical impact, and why they often spark controversy.

From cutting the Job Corps to sneaking in scary artificial intelligence regulation, many fear Trump is trying to distract ...

From cutting the Job Corps to sneaking in scary artificial intelligence regulation, many fear Trump is trying to distract ...

Trump this week was buoyed by the Supreme Court decision limiting nationwide injunctions. “We can now promptly file to ...

Trump on Friday celebrated a Supreme Court decision limiting nationwide injunctions issued against his executive order to ...

Trump's executive order that would effectively curb birthright citizenship is paused for 30 days as new legal challenges ...

It is the third time Trump has extended the deadline. The first one was through an executive order on Jan. 20, his first day ...

With more than three and a half years left in his second term, Donald Trump has already signed more executive orders as the ...

History of executive orders. Presidents often use executive orders to establish councils and commissions, set administration-wide policies on hiring or purchasing, or give federal employees a day off.

President Donald Trump signs executive orders for January 6 defendants in the Oval Office at the White House on Inauguration Day in Washington, Jan. 20, 2025. Carlos Barria/Reuters ...

Donald Trump’s Executive Orders Seek to Monkeywrench US Climate Efforts His day-one declarations aim to cripple clean energy, boost major polluters, and undermine actions meant to safeguard ...

On his first day in office, President Donald Trump wasted no time signing more than 40 executive orders just hours after he was sworn in. Among those orders were pardons for more than 1,500 Jan. 6 ...