On Feb. 6, 1899, Congress approved the Treaty of Paris, which also ceded the Philippines, Puerto Rico and Guam to the U.S.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the most executive ... implement New Deal programs and handle World War II. Truman signed the second most executive orders — 906 total.

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

Presidential decrees have evolved into powerful tools that significantly impact American governance, shaping policy decisions ...

President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk's plans to shut down parts of the government continue to expand, placing ...

What do the Peace Corps, desegregation of the military, and the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II have in ...

Europe's big fear has been that Donald Trump would return to the White House, cozy up to Vladimir Putin and throw Ukraine under a bus, writes RTÉ's Europe Editor Tony Connelly.

In 1783, U.S. and British representatives signed a preliminary "Cessation ... was formally proclaimed King Edward VIII. In 1937, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt took the oath of office for ...

Another order he signed was the ending of birthright ... I would say I voted for the president, no matter who it was.” Wilson Roosevelt Jerman, who died in 2020, served as a doorman under ...

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 is expected to begin signing several executive orders as part of his ...

Nation Shrugs as Godzilla Eats Washington,” was the headline on a recent piece by journalist Matt Taibbi, who wrote, “Trump ...

In terms of the number of executive orders signed during their presidencies, President Franklin D. Roosevelt holds the ... and handle World War II. Other notable presidents in terms of executive ...