Readers sent us this chain email in February 2014 alleging President Barack Obama has issued more than 1,000 executive orders. We fact-checked it and determined it was Pants on Fire! Here's the ...

Former President Barack Obama signed Executive Order 13526 on Dec. 29 ... Biden removed the group from the list on Feb. 16, 2021. The executive order Trump signed on Jan. 22 puts the group back on the ...

Newsweek is tracking the flurry of executive actions President-elect Trump is expected to sign on Monday. Follow along here.

Congress and Federal courts can strike down executive orders that exceed the scope of the president’s authority. Conservatives argue that President Barack Obama used executive orders to achieve ...

Presidents may use executive orders to implement their campaign promises or pursue policy goals that may face opposition or roadblocks in Congress.For example, former President Barack Obama urged ...

During his first term, Trump signed 220 executive orders. President Joe Biden signed 160 during his term. President Barack Obama signed 277 Executive orders between 2009 and 2017. President George W.

His inaugural address briefly touched on the lofty idea of an American “Golden Age,” but it quickly transitioned into a list ... and Barack Obama. Why? Because signing executive orders on ...