All of the 17 deaths confirmed so far in the Eaton fire occurred in areas of western Altadena that received emergency evacuation orders many hours after the fire started. The fire roared out of ...

Donald Trump is returning to the White House ready to immediately overhaul the government using the fastest tool he has — the executive order. An incoming president signing a flurry of executive ...

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Over the past nine decades, only three U.S. presidents have issued executive orders on their first day in office. On the campaign trail, President-elect Donald Trump vowed to implement several ...

Donald Trump signed a slew of executive orders after taking the oath as president Monday, looking to quickly implement his agenda, including declaring a national emergency on the U.S.-Mexico ...

There are limitations to what a president can legally do via executive action, and many of Trump’s orders are expected to be challenged in court. That legal process could slow down or halt their ...

Trump and his team had spent months signaling that, should he return to the presidency, his administration would waste no time with a flurry of executive orders. In the hours leading up to the ...