At the center of legal challenges against Trump's executive actions is whether he's telling federal agencies to violate a key legal standard established nearly 80 years ago.

Trump is kicking off his second term with a flurry of executive actions. Here's a look at the three main types — orders, proclamations and memorandums — and how they typically work.

President-elect Donald Trump has promised sweeping executive actions in a second administration. While some of his pledges are feasible under executive power, many other will likely face legal and ...

It is not uncommon for a president to use an executive order to claim the authority to take some action whose legal legitimacy is contested, leading to a court fight.

Executive orders are numbered and required by law to be published in the Federal Register, the official record of actions of the U.S government. U.S. & World South America 5 hours ago ...

President-elect Donald Trump has promised sweeping executive actions in a second administration. On the campaign trail he promised to implement mass deportations, impose tariffs on China, reverse ...