A "person . . . who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any state legislature, or as an executive or judicial ...

Although these decrees are nothing new in American government, they must be issued within the scope of a president's ...

President Donald Trump holds up an executive order commuting sentences for people convicted of Jan. 6 offenses in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Jan. 20, [AP/YONHAP] ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- President Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders on his first day back in office, promising swift changes while restoring the nation's prominence in the world.

A Supreme Court decision demonstrates a new degree of imperiousness, seeming to co-sign the Trump administration’s contempt ...

So, what happens if a president can no longer serve? The U.S. Constitution's 25th Amendment addresses what happens to the ...

The Hill is keeping track of all of the executive orders taken by President Biden, who started using executive power to turn the page from the Trump years hours after his inauguration. The new ...

President Joe Biden has signed a flurry of executive actions in his first 100 days in office, ... the last president of the United States, issued executive orders I felt were very ...

Senator Benjamin Wade of Ohio, a Republican, maintained that the president was “the chief executive officer of the United States.” Senator James Guthrie of Kentucky, a Democrat, did the same.

President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation executive order freed slaves in the South in 1863 and both Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson used executive orders to bar racial ...

The new executive order becomes effective on March 16, 2017. The new executive order applies to foreign nationals of the designated countries who: Are outside of the United States on March 16, 2017; ...