An executive order from the desk of then-President Franklin Roosevelt. The notorious Order 9066 paved the way for imprisoning citizens, declaring the West Coast a war zone and thus permitting it to be ...

Executive orders are unlawful if they override federal laws and statutes, and the president cannot use them to sidestep checks and balances, such as the power vested in Congress to make new laws or ...

Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin signed Executive Order 47, allowing state and local law enforcement officers to be deputized in support of federal immigration enforcement. The order directs the ...

President Trump’s executive order targeting Special Counsel Jack Smith’s personal attorney and the attorney’s law firm, Covington & Burling, underscores an emerging policy targeting the agents of what ...

President Trump signed an executive order Wednesday directing DOGE to review federal spending and cut inefficiencies. The order requires agencies to justify payments, reduce non-essential travel ...

A president, who carries the force of law, can issue an executive order unilaterally. Presidents do not need the approval of Congress to sign an executive order. Generally, presidents have used ...

Trump's first executive order as president in 2025 was to end the weaponization of the federal government. His last order in January 2025 was to expand educational freedom and opportunities for ...

On Tuesday, Trump issued an executive order which purports to do several things. First, it purports to abolish the independence of congressionally created independent agencies and subject the ...

President Donald Trump signed yet another sweeping executive order late Wednesday that stands to dramatically curb the power of federal agencies by ordering a thorough review of all government ...

LATEST Feb. 20, 11:40 a.m. The Trump administration hit one of the agencies tasked with overseeing San Francisco’s Presidio, the Presidio Trust, with an executive order Wednesday, labeling it ...