President Donald Trump began his second administration with a blitz of policy actions to reorient U.S. government priorities ...

In his executive orders, Trump repeatedly asserted that he can make and interpret law, alongside Congress and the courts.

Executive orders are among the most prominent types of executive actions, and sometimes people use that term as a catchall ...

President Donald Trump has taken the first steps toward enacting his sweeping agenda with a series of executive actions that ...

Well before President Donald Trump returned to office, his supporters boasted that he would start the second term with a ...

The orders signed at the White House included a directive to end birthright citizenship, a move sure to spark a ...

Tuesday marks President Donald Trump's first full day in office. Keep up with the USA TODAY Network's coverage of his top ...

Presidents have used executive orders since the formation of the United States government. President George Washington had ...

It is a signed directive from the US president. The most formal and best known are executive orders, which are legally binding mandates to executive branch agencies that instruct them in how to ...

Several states suing Donald Trump over his executive order ending birthright citizenship urged a judge to issue a preliminary ...

The move is one of many executive actions focused on the federal workforce enacted since Trump took office Monday afternoon.

Legal experts said the president doesn't have unchecked authority, and the power is split between the branches of government ...