Executive orders give presidents significant power to act without Congress. Learn how these directives work, their historical impact, and why they often spark controversy.

In a June 27 ruling, the Supreme Court granted the Trump administration’s request to partially halt nationwide injunctions ...

President Donald Trump will visit a new immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades on Tuesday for what's expected ...

Congress designed the Federal Election Commission and the Election Assistance Commission to be “independent agencies” in various respects. See, e.g., S. Rep. No. 93689, at 16 (1974) (emphasizing that ...

The administration appears to have decided to press forward with its fight against top law firms despite numerous defeats.

The Supreme Court’s latest ruling limits federal judges’ ability to block President Trump’s orders on birthright citizenship, ...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams overstepped his authority when he used his emergency powers to block a ban on solitary ...

The U.S. Institute of Peace seeks emergency intervention from the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit after a three-judge panel granted a stay allowing President Donald Trump's USIP ...

The decision could change the course of education-related cases that have been trickling through the courts since Trump ...

From the commentary, "That's the result of a bitterly divided (6-3) decision of the Supreme Court on Friday holding that ...

President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order ending U.S. sanctions on Syria. White House press secretary ...

Never before has the Supreme Court imposed such restrictions on the ability of courts to provide relief against ...