The Federal Register tracks all executive orders signed by presidents beginning in 1937. The data does not include former ...

Sometimes the orders are made during wartime or to avert a domestic crisis. In February 1942, President Franklin D Roosevelt ...

The history of the executive order shows how far the U.S. has strayed from its own Constitution, which dictates that the ...

Donald Trump is returning to the White House ready to immediately overhaul the government using executive orders ...

Other notable examples include President Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1942 order authorizing the incarceration of Japanese ...

According to records at the National Archives, President Franklin Roosevelt issued 3,728 executive orders, the most of any president, as he dealt with the Great Depression and World War II.

Donald Trump will be sworn in as the 47th president of the United States on Monday. On his first day in the White House, he ...

George Washington signed eight executive orders, while Franklin Delano Roosevelt did 3,721. During his first term, Trump, a Republican, signed 220. Biden, a Democrat, signed 160 as of Dec. 20.

George Washington signed eight executive orders, while Franklin Delano Roosevelt did 3,721. Trump forecasted signing as many as 100 executive orders on his first day, possibly covering ...