An executive order is a written directive issued by the President to officers and agencies within the executive branch, instructing them on how to carry out existing law or exercise authorities ...

President-elect Donald Trump has promised sweeping executive actions in a second administration. While some of his pledges are feasible under executive power, many other will likely face legal and ...

President Joe Biden took executive action Friday to protect access to abortion after the Supreme Court ended a constitutional right to the procedure last month. Biden's executive order is intended to ...

President Donald Trump signed the 221st executive order of his second term this past week, surpassing his first-term total in just 330 days. By comparison, Trump issued just 55 executive orders in ...

Since taking office for a second term on January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump has signed a dizzying amount of executive orders. On his first day in office alone, Trump enacted an unprecedented 42 ...