Over the past nine decades, only three U.S. presidents have ... from $7.25 to $10.10 per hour in 2014. When lawmakers failed to act, he signed an executive order to increase the minimum wage.

President Theodore Roosevelt became the first to break 1,000, averaging 145 executive orders per year. Franklin Roosevelt issued a record 3,721 during his unprecedented 12 years in office.

Over the span of 236 years – from 1789 to 2025 – 46 US presidents issued at least 15,902 executive orders, averaging 67 per year. The first executive order was passed by the first president ...

The latest executive order by the president made clear that the billionaire’s cost-cutting team will have continuing ...

President Donald Trump signs one of dozens of executive orders on Monday ... Subscribe to How to Read This Chart, a weekly dive into the data behind the news. Each Saturday, Opinions columnist ...

It is a signed directive from the US president. The most formal and best known are executive orders, which are legally ... Mr Biden has issued 159 in office, or 38 per year, and Mr Obama, Mr ...