President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday giving himself more power over federal agencies that Congress set up to function without the president’s direct oversight – the latest ...

One section of Trump’s executive order appeared to encompass more than just independent agencies – and it was drawing considerable scrutiny from some of the president’s critics on social media.

In purporting to license otherwise illegal conduct by tech firms, President Trump set a precedent expanding executive power, ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Bharat Ramamurti, deputy director of the National Economic Council, about President Biden's executive order that aims to shift power from companies to consumers.

The order unravels former President Obama's goal of tackling climate change. — -- President Donald Trump signed on Tuesday an "energy independence" executive order, requiring the review of a ...

An executive order is a "directive by the president to the officers and officials of the executive branch," Columbia law professor and former Associate Counsel to President Jimmy Carter, Philip ...

Joe Biden’s executive order on “Promoting Competition in the American Economy,” would do the opposite if carried out—and signals an effort to further consolidate federal power over ...

The order also revokes executive orders 13910, 13991 and 13998, which were signed in 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic but have now been deemed "no longer necessary" by Biden.

"In this latest Executive Order, the Trump regime purports to seize for itself the power Congress delegated to independent regulatory agencies, and as written, declares the White House's ...

President Trump promised a record number of executive orders on his first day in office. For a closer look at the power of these orders and their limits, Amna Nawaz spoke with Andrew Rudalevige ...

In a far-reaching executive order Tuesday, Trump demanded that the White House review regulations at the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Federal Trade Commission and other agencies with ...