President Donald Trump promised for years to abolish the department — which he can't do without congressional approval.

The planned order follows years of campaign promises from President Donald Trump to abolish the federal Education Department.

With a compliant Congress and mostly quiet streets, the president’s opponents are turning to the judicial branch with a ...

President Harry S. Truman’s “loyalty checks” began with an executive order declaring that “there shall be a loyalty ...

A federal judge heard arguments on Wednesday over President Donald Trump's executive order to end birthright citizenship.

Current and former employees say public safety agencies are still freezing hiring they claim to have exempted and liken the ...

A local refugee resettlement agency is reporting losing tens of thousands of dollars in federal funding, after an executive order from President Donald Trump put a pause on foreign aid programs.

With an executive order, the president can’t write a new statute, but an order can tell federal agencies how to implement a ...

Major refugee aid groups are suing the Trump administration over its order suspending the U.S. refugee resettlement program ...

A legally contested executive order on foreign aid did, at least initially, halt the distribution of life-saving HIV drugs.

President Trump's flurry of executive actions and orders spark a critical question: Does he have the power he claims to have?

We ought to be able to trust that the U.S. government will do what the U.S. government has said it will do, but that's expecting too much when Donald Trump is president.