George H.W. Bush issued 166. And Biden issued only 162. That brings us to the boldest executive order in history: The Emancipation Proclamation, signed by Abraham Lincoln on Jan. 1, 1863.

In 1935, he used an executive order to create the Works Progress Administration, one of the largest government job programs in U.S. history. And in 1942, he issued one of the most controversial ...

This order shall not be construed as modifying or limiting in any way the authority heretofore granted under Executive Order No. 8972, dated December 12, 1941, nor shall it be construed as ...

In 1983, as Ronald Reagan went on an executive-order spree, The Nation sounded the alarm about very kind of presidential overreach we’re seeing from Trump today.

The United States has never had a national language in its nearly 250-year history—until now. President Donald Trump is set ...

At the Illinois Holocaust Museum, soon to undergo a major renovation, a heart-tugging special exhibit in Skokie explores the ...

President Trump took executive action to make English the official language of the United States, marking the first time in ...

Certain regions of the country — like the Washington, D.C., area — are especially vulnerable to economic disruption. But there are 35 states with at least one county where close to 5% of civilian ...

Under the Trump administration, Border Patrol apprehensions are sinking to levels never before experienced in Customs and ...

It rescinds a federal mandate that requires agencies and other recipients of federal funding to provide language assistance ...

George H.W. Bush issued 166. And Biden issued only 162. That brings us to the boldest executive order in history: The Emancipation Proclamation, signed by Abraham Lincoln on Jan. 1, 1863.