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

The Justice Department on Monday appealed a federal judge’s order blocking President Trump’s executive order against the law ...

A federal judge ruled on June 24 that the Trump administration cannot eliminate union bargaining for federal government ...

With OPM’s final rule, agencies can decide fire feds in their probationary period based broadly on agency needs, interests ...

A DC federal judge has struck down President Donald Trump’s executive order targeting Houston-founded law firm Susman Godfrey, marking the fourth takedown of an executive order targeting a law firm.

The Supreme Court has reined in the power of federal judges to block presidential actions across the country in a decision ...

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has fired New York administrative judge Karen Ortiz, who has openly ...

The judge said unions had valid concerns that the administration’s enforcement of the executive order was “retaliation" for protected speech.

A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from eliminating union bargaining for thousands of workers across the federal government. Siding with the American Federation of ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has signed an executive order aimed at consolidating wildland fire programs to enhance efficiency, following the devastating Los Angeles wildfires earlier ...

President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order paving the way for a Nippon Steel investment in U.S. Steel, so long as the Japanese company complies with a “national security ...

The Republican president’s March 25 executive order sought to compel officials to require documentary proof of citizenship for everyone registering to vote for federal elections.